Global Yorùbá : regional and diasporic networks / Toyin Falola.
| Author/creator | Falola, Toyin author. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press, [2024] |
| Copyright Date | ©2024 |
| Description | xxvii, 562 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Introduction -- 1. The Making and Form of Global Yorùbá -- part 1. Pan-Yorubana -- 2. Mythologies : Yorùbá society and knowledge system -- 3. Early history and mythologies of networks -- 4. Cosmologies and epistemologies -- 5. Oyo and Its heterogeneity -- 6. The Yorùbá and their neighbors -- 7. Mobility within West Africa -- part 2. The Yorùbá in the world of religions -- 8. Òrìcà : spiritual networks and practices -- 9. Islam in the Yorùbá world -- 10. Christianity in the Yorùbá world -- 11. Religion and globalization -- part 3 Modernity, postcoloniality, and globalization -- 12. Yorùbá and modernity -- 13. Colonialism and the Yorùbá -- 14. Cultural icons and progress narratives -- 15. Obafemi Awolowo's politics in global context -- 16. Ibadan : the intellectual capital city -- 17. Nollywood in the world of creativity -- 18. The Yorùbá nation and Its borderless creativity -- 19. The media and Internet nation -- Conclusion -- 20. Yorùbá beyond borders. |
| Abstract | "In Global Yorùbá, renowned scholar Toyin Falola covers the history, people, traditions, environment, religion, spirituality, cosmology, culture, and philosophy of one of Africa's largest cultural groups, the Yorùbá, all while considering the people's relationship with their immediate and distant neighbors. Falola examines how the Yorùbán people have adapted to their environment and tapped it to (re)invent their civilization, shape their culture and traditions, and inform their socioeconomic relations with their neighbors. These interactions have guided the Yorùbá philosophy that developed over time, expressing their conviction regarding society's evolution and the place that humans occupy within it. This web of knowledge can present a more coherent account than any other text yet produced regarding Yorùbá civilization. This volume demonstrates how global dynamics have been adopted in the creation of a Yorùbá community across different times and spaces."-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 513-552) and index. |
| ISBN | 9780253070555 |
| ISBN | 9780253070548 (hardcover) |
| ISBN | 0253070546 (hardcover) |
| ISBN | 0253070554 (paperback) |
| ISBN | (ebook) |
| ISBN | (ebook) |