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Encyclopedia of the Yoruba
Toyin Falola
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Description for Encyclopedia of the Yoruba
Hardback. Editor(s): Falola, Toyin; Akinyemi, Akintunde. Num Pages: 388 pages, 2 maps, 15 tables. BIC Classification: GBC; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 7112 x 5487 x 22. Weight in Grams: 1162.
The Yoruba people today number more than 30 million strong, with significant numbers in the United States, Nigeria, Europe, and Brazil. This landmark reference work emphasizes Yoruba history, geography and demography, language and linguistics, literature, philosophy, religion, and art. The 285 entries include biographies of prominent Yoruba figures, artists, and authors; the histories of political institutions; and the impact of technology and media, urban living, and contemporary culture on Yoruba people worldwide. Written by Yoruba experts on all continents, this encyclopedia provides comprehensive background to the global Yoruba and their distinctive and vibrant history and culture.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
388
Condition
New
Number of Pages
386
Place of Publication
Bloomington, IN, United States
ISBN
9780253021335
SKU
V9780253021335
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About Toyin Falola
Toyin Falola is Jacob and Frances Sanger Mossiker Chair in the Humanities and Distinguished Teaching Professor at the University of Texas at Austin. He is author of Colonialism and Violence in Nigeria (IUP) and editor (with Matt D. Childs) of The Yoruba Diaspora in the Atlantic World (IUP). Akintunde Akinyemi is Professor in the Department of Languages, Literatures, and ... Read more
Reviews for Encyclopedia of the Yoruba
Readers unfamiliar with the Yoruba will find the introduction a concise and valuable overview of their language and its dialects, recent history, mythology and religion, and diaspora movements. . . . Highly recommended.
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