Normal view MARC view ISBD view

Apter, Andrew H.

Oduduwa's chain : locations of culture in the Yoruba-Atlantic / Andrew Apter. - 1 online resource (1 volume)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Herskovits's heritage -- Creolization and connaissance -- Notes from Ekitiland -- The blood of mothers -- Ethnogenesis from within -- Afterword: beyond the mirror of narcissus.

This text challenges the seasoned trend of disavowing Africa in the Black Atlantic, showing how Yoruba cultural frameworks from West Africa remade black kingdoms and communities in the Americas.

ISBN: 9780226506555 022650655X

Standard No.: 99974681115

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Yoruba (African people)--Religion.--Atlantic Ocean Region
African diaspora.
Cults--Atlantic Ocean Region.
Orisha religion--Atlantic Ocean Region.
Yoruba (Peuple d'Afrique)--Religion.--Atlantique, R�egion de l'
Africains--Pays �etrangers.
Orisha (Religion)--Atlantique, R�egion de l'.
BODY, MIND & SPIRIT--Spirituality--Paganism & Neo-Paganism.
RELIGION--Comparative Religion.
African diaspora
Cults
Orisha religion
Religion
Yoruba (African people)--Religion

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Atlantic Ocean Region--Religion.
Nigeria, Southwest--Religion.
Atlantique, R�egion de l'--Religion.
Nigeria (Sud-Ouest)--Religion.
Atlantic Ocean Region
Southwest Nigeria

LC Class. No.: BL2480.Y6 / A78 2017eb

Dewey Class. No.: 299.6/8333