Orisa
Subtitle: Yoruba gods and spiritual identity in Africa and the diaspora
By: Toyin Falola and Ann Genova, editors.
Contributors: Falola, Toyin.; Genova, Ann.
Publisher: Africa World Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Trenton NJ
Language: eng
Number of pages: 457
Subjects: Yoruba (African people) -- Religion -- Congresses; Orishas -- Congresses
Genres: Congresses.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Ifa texts / K. Noel Amherd; title: Statistical inference in Ifa divination / Dahud Kehinde Shangodoyin and Oluwayemisi Oyeronke Ojo; title: Iden festival / Yomi Akinyeye; title: Spirit possession in the Egba festival / Lawrence Oyewole Arohunmolase; title: Masks and masques in Yoruba ritual festivals / Jubril Adesegun Dosumu; title: A re-appraisal of the activities of Esu and moral responsibility in Yoruba religion / Danoye Oguntola-Laguda; title: Cultural continuities / Joyce Marie Jackson and Fehintola Mosadomi; title: Isese heritages / K. Noel Amherd; title: The ipanodu ceremony and the history of orisa worship in Nigeria and Cuba / Michael Marcuzzi; title: Örö patáki aganjú / Jo Anna Hunter; title: The scattering of Oduduwa's children / Faola Ifagboyede; title: From shrines to glass cases / Anna Catalani; title: Ritualizing social identity and globalizing themes in Cuban Santeria / Anthony Attah Agbali; title: Yoruba diasporic performance / Joni L. Jones; title: Embodied orisa worship / Ikuko Koike; title: (Re)storying Yoruba cultural myth to unify the double conscious of African American women in the U.S. / Kidogo Kennedy; title: I got a home in dat rock / Kokahvah Zauditu-Selassie; title: Appropriation and transformation / Sabrina Collins; title: Gullah connections / Ramona La Roche.