Africa's Ogun : old world and new / edited and with a new introduction by Sandra T. Barnes.
Contributor(s): Barnes, Sandra T
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TextSeries: African systems of thought: Publisher: Bloomington [Ind.] : Indiana University Press, [1997]Copyright date: ©1997Edition: Second, expanded editionDescription: xxi, 389 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0253332516 (cl : alk. paper); 0253210836 (pbk. : alk. paper)Subject(s): Ogun (Yoruba deity) -- Cult -- Africa, West | Ogun (Yoruba deity) -- Cult -- America | Yoruba (African people) -- Religion | Blacks -- America -- ReligionDDC classification: 299/.63 LOC classification: BL2480.Y6 | A46 1997Bibliography, Etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.| Item type | Current library | Shelving location | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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John Bulow Campbell Library | Midrange | BL2480.Y6 A46 1997 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 0182902078597 |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The many faces of Ogun : introduction to the first edition / Sandra T. Barnes -- The etymology of the word "Ògún" / Robert G. Armstrong -- Ogun, the empire builder / Sandra T. Barnes and Paula Girshick Ben-Amos -- Systematic remembering, systematic forgetting : Ogou in Haiti / Karen McCarthy Brown -- Ogum and the Umbandista religion / Renato Ortiz -- The dreadful God and the divine king / John Pemberton III -- A portrait of Ogun as reflected in Ijala chants / Adeboye Babalola -- Ogun's Iremoje : a philosophy of living and dying / Bade Ajuwon -- Dancing for Ogun in Yorubaland and in Brazil / Margaret Thompson Drewal -- Art or accident : Yoruba body artists and their deity Ogun / Henry John Drewal -- A comparative analysis of Ogun in precolonial Yorubaland / J.D.Y. Peel -- Repossession : Ogun in folklore and literature / Donald J. Cosentino -- Unveiling the Orisha / Philip Scher -- Ogun and body/mind potentiality : Yoruba scarification and painting traditions in Africa and the Americas / Henry John Drewal and John Mason -- Ogun : builder of the Lukumi's house / John Mason.