Overview

"""Sango in Africa and the African Diaspora"" is a multidisciplinary, trans-regional exploration of Sango religious traditions in West Africa and beyond. Sango - the Yoruba god of thunder and lightning - is a powerful, fearful deity who controls the forces of nature, but unlike other Yoruba orishas, he has not received the same attention. This volume considers the spread of polytheistic religious traditions from West Africa, the mythic Sango, the historical Sango, and syncretic traditions of Sango worship. Readers with an interest in the Yoruba and their religious cultures will find a diverse, complex, and comprehensive portrait of Sango worship in Africa and the African world."

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Author:   Joel E. Tishken ,  Toyin Falola ,  Akintunde Akinyemi
Publisher:   Indiana University Press
Imprint:   Indiana University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 3.00cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.758kg
ISBN:  

9780253353368

ISBN 10:   025335336
Pages:   376
Publication Date:   22 June 2009
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Unknown
Availability:   Awaiting stock  

Table of Contents

"1. Introduction / Joel E. Tishken, Toyin Falola, and Akintunde Akinyemi Part 1. Defining Sango in West Africa 2. The Place of Sango in the Yoruba Pantheon / Akintunde Akinyemi; 3. The Practice and Worship of Sango in Contemporary Yorubaland / Arinpe Adejumo; 4. Sango's Oerindinlogun Divinatory System / George Olusola Ajibade; 5. Yoruba Thunder Deities and Sovereignty: Ara versus Sango / Marc Schiltz Part 2. Representations of Sango in Oral and Written Popular Cultures 6. Sango and the Elements: Gender and Cultural Discourses / Dierdre L. Badejo; 7. Reconfiguration of Sango on the Screen / Durotoye A. Adeleke; 8. Art in the Service of Sango / Stephen Folaranmi; 9. The Ambivalent Representations of Sango in Yoruba Literature / Akintunde Akinyemi Part 3. Sango in the African Diaspora 10. The Cultural Aesthetics of Sango Africanization / Kamari Maxine Clarke; 11. Wither Sango?: An Inquiry into Sango's ""Authenticity"" and Prominence in the Caribbean / Stephen D. Glazier; 12. Shango in Afro-Brazilian Religion: ""Aristocracy"" and ""Syncretic"" Interactions / Luis Nicolau Pares; 13. The Literary Manifestation of Sango in Brazil: Esmeralda Ribeiro's ""A procura de uma Borboleta Preta"" / Laura Edmunds; 14. Drums of Sango: Bata Drum and the Symbolic Reestablishment of Oyo in Colonial Cuba, 1817-1867 / Henry B. Lovejoy Part 4. The Voices of Sango Devotees 15. Sango Beyond Male and Female / Oloye Aina Olomo; 16. Searching for Thunder: A Conversation about Sango with Ernesto Pichardo / Michael Atwood Mason List of Contributors; Index"

Reviews

From religion, history, and sociology, to culture and literature, this volume appeals to multiple disciplines as Sango is interrogated on several levels of complexity. Niyi Afolabi, University of Massachusetts, Amherst Elucidates the variety of views in circulation about Sango both in Nigeria and in the Yoruba diaspora. Oyekan Owomoyela, University of Ryan

"""From religion, history, and sociology, to culture and literature, this volume appeals to multiple disciplines as Sango is interrogated on several levels of complexity."" Niyi Afolabi, University of Massachusetts, Amherst ""Elucidates the variety of views in circulation about Sango both in Nigeria and in the Yoruba diaspora."" Oyekan Owomoyela, University of Ryan"

Author Information

Joel E. Tishken is Assistant Professor of African and World History at Washington State University in Pullman, Washington. Toyin Falola is Frances Higginbotham Nalle Centennial Professor in History at The University of Texas, Austin. He has edited The Yoruba Diaspora in the Atlantic World (IUP, 2005) and Archaeology of Atlantic Africa and the African Diaspora (IUP, 2007). Akintunde Akinyemi is Associate Professor of Yoruba Language and Literature in the Department of African and Asian Languages and Literatures at the University of Florida in Gainesville. He is author of Yoruba Royal Poetry: A Socio-Historical Exposition and Annotated Translation.

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