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

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Sandra T. Barnes
Indiana University Press, 1997 M06 22 - 389 pages

The second edition of this landmark work is enhanced by new chapters on Ogun worship in the New World. From reviews of the first edition:

" . . . an ethnographically rich contribution to the historical understanding of West African culture, as well as an exploration of the continued vitality of that culture in the changing environments of the Americas." —African Studies Review

" . . . leav[es] the reader with a sense of the vitality, dynamism, and complexity of Ogun and the cultural contexts in which he thrives. . . . magnificent contribution to the literature on Ogun, Yoruba culture, African religions, and the African diaspora." —International Journal of Historical Studies

 

Selected pages

Contents

The History and Spread of Ogun
27
Ogun the Empire Builder
39
MAPS
40
5
71
Ogum and the Umbandista Religion
90
6
105
A Portrait of Ogun as Reflected in Ijala Chants
147
A Philosophy of Living and Dying
173
Dancing for Ogun in Yorubaland and in Brazil
199
Yoruba Body Artists and Their
227
11
263
Ogun in Folklore and Literature
290
Unveiling the Orisha
315
14
332
15
352
Contributors
369

9
179
Copyright

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Africa's Ogun, Second, Expanded Edition: Old World and New
Sandra T. Barnes
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Sandra T. Barnes
No preview available - 1997

Common terms and phrases

Abeokuta Achade African religions Benin blacksmith body artists Brazil caboclos called Candomblé century ceremony chants chiefs crown cult culture cutlass Dahomean Dahomey dance death deity devotees divination Drewal Egba Egúngún Elemona Feray FIGURE force forest Gède groups Haiti Haitian head Herskovits human hunter hunting Ibadan Idoma ìjálá Ila's Ilesha initiation Ìrèmojé iron Iwa Ogun Journal killed king Kingdom kóló lineage London marks means medicine mediums metaphor mwen myth Nigeria Obatala Oduduwa Ogou Ogou's Ogum Ogun Ogun festival Ogun shrine Ogun's Ondo Orangun Orangun-Ila òrişà Orisha palace pantheon performed Petro political possessed praise priest priestess Rada religious represent rites ritual role sacred sacrifice saints Sango Santería slave smelting Smith social society song Soyinka spirits sword symbolic tion town traditions trance Trinidad Umbanda Umbandista University Press veranda Verger Vodou warrior West Africa worship Yorùbá Yorubaland

References to this book

About the author (1997)

Sandra T. Barnes is Professor of Anthropology and Director of African Studies at the University of Pennsylvania. She is author of Patrons and Power: Creating a Political Community in Metropolitan Lagos and Ogun: An Old God for a New Age.

Bibliographic information

TitleAfrica's Ogun, Second, Expanded Edition: Old World and New
African Systems of Thought
EditorSandra T. Barnes
Editionillustrated
PublisherIndiana University Press, 1997
ISBN0253210836, 9780253210838
Length389 pages
  
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