| Edition |
2nd, expanded ed. |
| Description |
xxi, 389 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. |
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text txt rdacontent |
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unmediated n rdamedia |
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volume nc rdacarrier |
| Series |
African systems of thought |
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African systems of thought.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Africa's Ogun transformed : introduction to the second edition / Sandra T. Barnes -- The many faces of Ogun : introduction to the first edition / Sandra T. Barnes -- The etymology of the word "Ògún" / Robert G. Armstrong -- Ogun, the empire builder / Sandra T. Barnes and Paula Girshick Ben-Amos -- Systematic remembering, systematic forgetting : Ogou in Haiti / Karen McCarthy Brown -- Ogum and the Umbandista religion / Renato Ortiz -- The dreadful God and the divine king / John Pemberton III -- A portrait of Ogun as reflected in Ijala chants / Adeboye Babalola -- Ogun's Iremoje : a philosophy of living and dying / Bade Ajuwon -- Dancing for Ogun in Yorubaland and in Brazil / Margaret Thompson Drewal -- Art or accident : Yoruba body artists and their deity Ogun / Henry John Drewal -- A comparative analysis of Ogun in precolonial Yorubaland / J.D.Y. Peel -- Repossession : Ogun in folklore and literature / Donald J. Cosentino -- Unveiling the Orisha / Philip Scher -- Ogun and body/mind potentiality : Yoruba scarification and painting traditions in Africa and the Americas / Henry John Drewal and John Mason -- Ògún : builder of the Lùkùmí's house / John Mason. |
| Subject |
Ogun (Yoruba deity) -- Cult -- Africa, West.
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Ogun (Yoruba deity) -- Cult -- America.
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Ogun (Yoruba deity) -- Cult.
(OCoLC)fst01044501
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West Africa. (OCoLC)fst01239521
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America. (OCoLC)fst01239786
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| Added Author |
Barnes, Sandra T.
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| ISBN |
0253332516 (cl ; alk. paper) |
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9780253332516 (cl ; alk. paper) |
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0253210836 (pbk. ; alk. paper) |
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9780253210838 (pbk. ; alk. paper) |
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