Awards

• Winner of Winner, 2012 Nigerian Studies Association Book Award.

Overview

Why has the home of a Yoruba river goddess become a UNESCO World Heritage site and a global attraction? Every year, tens of thousands of people from around the world visit the sacred grove of Osun, Osogbo's guardian deity, to attend her festival. Peter Probst takes readers on a riveting journey to Osogbo. He explores the history of the Osogbo School, which helped introduce one style of African modern art to the West, and investigates its intimate connection with Osun, the role of art and religion in the changing world of Osogbo, and its prominence in the global arena.

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A layered, rich exploration of the many and varied changes that have taken place in this significant Nigerian town. Robin Poynor, University of Florida Illustrates global issues with a very detailed and perceptive analysis. Henry John Drewal, University of Wisconsin, Madison

""A layered, rich exploration of the many and varied changes that have taken place in this significant Nigerian town."" Robin Poynor, University of Florida ""Illustrates global issues with a very detailed and perceptive analysis."" Henry John Drewal, University of Wisconsin, Madison ""In his discussion of the spectacular annual Osun Festival, [the author] astutely considers the contested and competing interpretations of this event. He also addresses heritage as memory, captured by photographs that are subsequently used by Oshogbo leaders to mediate the Osun Grove's meanings to international audiences. ... Recommended."" Choice, March 2012

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Peter Probst is Professor of Art and Art History at Tufts University.

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