Africa's Ogun, Second, Expanded Edition Old World and New

Name: Africa's Ogun, Second, Expanded Edition Old World and New
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ISBN: 9780253210838

ISBN-10: 0253210836

ISBN-13: 9780253210838

Edition: 2nd 1997 (Enlarged)

Authors: Sandra T. Barnes, Sandra T. Barnes

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Book details

List price: $28.00
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 1997
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Publication date: 6/22/1997
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 416
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.05" tall
Weight: 1.298
Language: English



List of Illustrations


Preface


A Note on Orthography


Africa's Ogun Transformed: Introduction to the Second Edition




The Many Faces of Ogun: Introduction to the First Edition




The Etymology of the Word "Ogun"




Ogun, the Empire Builder




Systematic Remembering, Systematic Forgetting: Ogou in Haiti




Ogum and the Umbandista Religion




The Dreadful God and the Divine King




A Portrait of Ogun as Reflected in Ijala Chants




Ogun's Iremoje: A Philosophy of Living and Dying




Dancing for Ogun in Yorubaland and in Brazil




Art or Accident: Yoruba Body Artists and Their Deity Ogun




A Comparative Analysis of Ogun in Precolonial Yorubaland




Repossession: Ogun in Folklore and Literature




Unveiling the Orisha




Ogun and Body/Mind Potentiality: Yoruba Scarification and Painting Traditions in Africa and the Americas




Ogun: Builder of the Lukumi's House



Contributors


Index