- Paperback: 705 pages
- Publisher: Africa World Pr (January 2004)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1592210260
- ISBN-13: 978-1592210268
- Product Dimensions: 23.4 x 18.2 x 5.2 cm
- Shipping Weight: 1.1 Kg
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With a population of about thirty million, the Yoruba people constitute one of the largest single ethnic group in sub-Saharan Africa. They are internationally acclaimed for their high art, complex system of government, religion, and philosophy.
This multi-authored book written by distinguished scholars like Ayo Bamgbose, Toyin Falola, Stephen Akintoye, Omofolabo Soyinka-Ajayi, Emmanuel Babatunde, H.O. Danmole, Akinbiyi Akinlabi, and Agbo Folarin, is the first of its kind to cover all the important topics and issues in Yoruba culture. Who were the early Yoruba? Where did they come from? What is Yoruba society like? What is the role of women in the society? What is the nature of their art forms? What is Yoruba philosophy? These questions and many more are answered in this significant book.
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Best textbook available on Yoruba Civilization, Dec 26 2006
By The Djeli - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Understanding Yoruba Life and Culture (Paperback)
In this text, written by Yoruba scholars, we are given scholarly information on the origins of Yoruba Civilization in Southwestern Nigeria and the Benin Republic from both the archeaological evidence and the traditional historians of Yoruba Civilization.Also included alongside state formation is the religion of the Yoruba and how it is related to the origin of the Yoruba.
Though the medieval Yoruba states are thought to have been established around the year 1100 CE, Yoruba culture is surely older, with roots in the Nok Civilization of Central Nigeria which thrived between 900 BCE and 200 CE. It would of been better if the authors discussed more of the origins of the Yoruba but it is still a good introduction to the culture as a whole.
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