Encyclopedia of the Yoruba

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Contents
Preface and Acknowledgments
Introduction
List of Entries
Entries A to Z
A
ABÍỌ́LÁ, MOSHOOD KÁṢÌMAWÒ ỌLÁWÁLÉ (1937–1998)
ACTION GROUP
ADVERTISEMENT
AFẸ́NIFẸ́RE, ẸGBẸ́
ÀGBẸ́KỌ́YÀ REBELLION OF 1968–1969
AGE-GRADE SYSTEM
AGRICULTURE AND FARMING
AKÍNTỌ́LÁ, SAMUEL LÁDÒKÈ (1910–1966)
ALCOHOL
ANÍKÚLÁPÓ-KÚTÌ, FẸLÁ (1938–1997)
ANIMALS IN FOLKLORE
APPRENTICESHIP
ARCHAEOLOGY
ARCHITECTURE, CONTEMPORARY
ARCHITECTURE, DOMESTIC
ART: CONTEMPORARY
ART: INDIGENOUS
ASSOCIATIONS FOR PROMOTING YORÙBÁ CULTURE
AWÓLỌ́WỌ̀, ỌBÁFẸ́MI (1909–1987)
B
BARDS: OLD AND NEW
BEADWORK
BODY ADORNMENT AND COSMETICS
BODY AND LANGUAGE IDIOMS
BOUNDARIES: COLONIAL AND MODERN
BURIAL AND FUNERAL
C
CARTOONS
CARVERS
CERAMICS AND POTTERY
CEREMONIAL SONGS
CHARMS
CHILDBIRTH AND CHILDBEARING
CHILDREN AND CHILDHOOD
CHILDREN’S FOLKLORE, EDUCATION, AND DEVELOPMENT
CHRISTIANITY: THE ALÁDURÀ AND PENTECOSTAL CHURCHES
CHRISTIANITY: EARLY BEGINNINGS AND EXPANSION
CIRCUMCISION AND FACIAL SCARIFICATION
CITIES
CIVIL SOCIETY
COLONIAL POLICIES AND PRACTICES
COLOR SYMBOLISM
COMMERCE
COMMUNICATION, NONVERBAL
COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATIONS
COSMOLOGY
CRAFTS
CROWTHER, SAMUEL ÀJÀYÍ (1807–1891)
CULTURE
D
DANCE: AESTHETIC AND SOCIAL MEANING
DANCE: TYPES
DEATH, MOURNING, AND ANCESTORS
DEBT AND DEBT MANAGEMENT
DEITIES: THE ÒRÌṢÀ
DEMOGRAPHY: SOCIAL CHARACTERISTICS
DIASPORA: DEITIES (THE ÒRÌṢÀ)
DIASPORA: IMPACT OF YORÙBÁ CULTURE
DIASPORA: YORÙBÁ IN AFRICA
DIASPORA: YORÙBÁ IN CENTRAL AMERICA
DIASPORA: YORÙBÁ IN EUROPE
DIASPORA: YORÙBÁ IN SOUTH AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN
DIASPORA: YORÙBÁ IN NORTH AMERICA
DICTIONARIES
DILEMMA TALES
DISEASE
DIVINATION: IFÁ
DIVINATORY SYSTEMS
DOLLS AND TOYS
DRAMA
DREAMS AND DREAM INTERPRETATION
DRESS
DRUMS
E
ECONOMIC HISTORY
ECONOMIC SYSTEM
EDUCATION: ELEMENTARY
EDUCATION: MODERN (JUNIOR AND SENIOR SECONDARY)
EDUCATION: PRESCHOOL
EDUCATION: TERTIARY
EDUCATION: TRADITIONAL
ÈKÌTÌPARAPỌ̀ WAR
ELECTRONIC MEDIA AND ORAL TRADITION
ELITE
ETHICS
ETHNICITY
ETHNOMUSICOLOGY
F
FÁDÍPẸ́, NATHENIEL AKÍNRẸ́MÍ (1893–1944)
FÁGÚNWÀ, DANIEL ỌLỌ́RUNFẸ́MI (1903–1963)
FAITH
FÁLỌLÁ, ỌLỌ́RUNTÓYÌN ỌMỌ́YẸNI (1953–)
FESTIVALS AND CARNIVALS
FOOD: CUISINE AND PREPARATION
FOOD: SUPPLY, DISTRIBUTION, AND MARKETING
FRONTIER ZONE: GEOGRAPHY AND CULTURAL IMPACT
G
GAMES
GANGS, GANGSTERS, AND GANGSTERISM
GENDER
GEOGRAPHY AND ENVIRONMENT
GLOBALIZATION
GOSSIP AND RUMOR
GOURDS: USES AND DECORATIONS
GOVERNMENT: HISTORICAL POLITICAL SYSTEMS
GREETINGS
H
HEALING
HEALTH CARE
HERITAGE, CULTURAL: PRESERVATION AND MANAGEMENT
HERITAGE, CULTURAL: SITES
HERO, HEROINE, AND HEROISM
HISTORIOGRAPHY
HISTORY
HOMAGE (ÌBÀ)
HOUSEHOLD AND DOMESTIC GROUPS
HUNTING
I
ÌBÀDÀN EMPIRE
ILÉ-IFẸ́
IFẸ́ KINGDOM
INHERITANCE
INITIATION
INSULTS AND RIBALD LANGUAGE
INVESTMENT
INVOCATION
IRON MAKING
ÌSHỌ̀LÁ, HÁRÚNÀ ADÉBÁYỌ̀ (1919–1983)
ISLAM
ISLAMIC MEDICINE
J
JOHNSON, SAMUEL (1846–1901)
JOKES AND HUMOR
K
KINGDOMS
KINGS AND CHRONOLOGIES
KINGSHIP
KINSHIP
KOLA NUT
L
LABOR: CHILD
LABOR: MIGRATION
LABOR: TRADE UNIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS
LÁDIPỌ̀, DÚRÓ (1931–1978)
LÁMBÒ, ADÉOYÈ THOMAS (1923–2004)
LAND TENURE AND REFORM
LANGUAGE: GOVERNMENT AND MISSION POLICIES
LANGUAGE: SOCIOLINGUISTICS
LANGUAGE: STANDARDIZATION AND LITERACY
LANGUAGE IN CONTACT
LANGUAGE PEDAGOGY
LAW: CUSTOMARY
LAW: MODERN
LIBATION
LINEAGES AND COGNOMEN (ORÍKÌ ORÍLẸ́)
LINGUISTICS: HISTORICAL
LINGUISTICS: MORPHOLOGY
LINGUISTICS: PHONOLOGY
LINGUISTICS: SEMANTICS
LINGUISTICS: SYNTAX
LITERATURE: MODERN AND WRITTEN
LITERATURE: ORAL
LITERATURE: TRANSLATION
LITERATURE: WOMEN WRITERS
LIVESTOCK: DOMESTICATION AND SPECIES
LUCUMÍ
M
MAGIC
MÀMÍ-WÀTÁ
MARKET
MARRIAGE AND MARITAL SYSTEMS
MASKS AND MASQUERADES
MEDIA: BOOK PUBLISHING
MEDIA: COMIC ART
MEDIA: JOURNALISM
MEDIA: NEWSPRINT
MEDIA: RADIO AND TELEVISION
MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS
MEDICINE
MEDICINE: INDIGENOUS THERAPEUTIC SYSTEMS
MEMORIAL ARTS
METALS AND MINERAL RESOURCES
MODERNITY AND MODERNIZATION
MONEY
MUSEUMS
MUSIC: AFROBEAT
MUSIC: CHRISTIAN
MUSIC: ISLAMIC
MUSIC: MODERN COMPOSERS OF ART MUSIC
MUSIC: POPULAR
MUSIC: TRADITIONAL
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
MYTHS
N
NAGÔ
NAMES AND NAMING
NARRATION TECHNIQUES
NATIONALISM
NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS
NOLLYWOOD: FILMS AND CINEMA
NUMERALS
O
ỌBÁSANJỌ́, OLÚṢẸ́́GUN (1938–)
ODÙDUWÀ
ỌDÚNJỌ, JOSEPH FỌLÁHÀN (1904–1980)
ÒGÚNDÉ, HUBERT ADÉDÈJÌ (1916–1990)
ỌMỌLÚWÀBÍ (ỌMỌLÚÀBÍ)
OÒDUÀ PEOPLE’S CONGRESS
ỌỌ̀́NI OF IFẸ́
ORAL TRADITION
ORALITY AND LITERACY
ÒṢOGBO: Ọ̀́ṢUN AND THE ART SCHOOL
OTHER NIGERIAN GROUPS AMONG THE YORÙBÁ
ÒWU WAR
Ọ̀YỌ́ EMPIRE
Ọ̀YỌ́TÚNJÍ: THE YORÙBÁ COMMUNITY IN THE UNITED STATES
P
PALACE
PAWNING AND PAWNSHIP
PHILOSOPHY
PIDGIN
PILGRIMAGE: CHRISTIAN
PILGRIMAGE: ISLAMIC
PLANTS
POLICE
POLITICAL PARTIES AND POLITICS IN YORÙBÁLAND SINCE 1945
POLITICAL SONGS
POLITICAL SYSTEMS
POPULAR CULTURE
PRAISE POETRY AND EULOGY (ORÍKÌ)
PRISON
PROMINENT PENTECOSTAL PASTORS
PROMINENT SCHOLARS
PROSTITUTION
PROVERBS
PSYCHIATRY
PSYCHOLOGY
Q
QUEERNESS
R
REGENCY
REINCARNATION
RELIGION AND COMMUNICATION
RELIGION AND RITUAL
ROYALTY AND CHIEFTAINCY
S
SACRIFICE
SÀRÓ AND ÀGÙDÀ
SCIENCE
SCULPTURE
SECRET SOCIETIES
SEXUALITY AND SEXUAL BEHAVIOR
SLAVERY: CAUSES
SLAVERY: TYPES
SOCIAL CONTROL
SOCIAL STRATIFICATION
SOCIOLOGY
SORCERY
ṢÓYÍNKÁ, WỌLÉ (1934–)
SPIRIT POSSESSION
SPORTS
STIMULANTS AND INTOXICANTS
STORIES, STORYTELLING, AND STORYTELLERS
SUBGROUPS
SUCCESSION
SUPERSTITIONS
SYMBOLS AND SYMBOLISM
T
TABOOS
TECHNOLOGY
TEXTILE ARTS (USAGE)
TIME RECKONING AND CALENDARS
TOURISM AND LEISURE
TOWN HISTORIES
TRADE: NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL SYSTEMS
TRANSLATION
TRANSPORTATION
TRAVEL AND EXPLORATION
TUTÙỌLÁ, AMOS (1920–1997)
U
URBAN FOLKTALES
URBANISM AND URBANIZATION
V
VEHICLE SLOGANS AND GRAFFITI
VILLAGES
VISIBLE AND INVISIBLE FORCES
VISUAL ARTS
W
WARFARE
WARRIORS
WAR SONGS
WEALTH
WESTERN MEDICINE
WIDOWS AND WIDOWHOOD
WILDLIFE: PRESERVATION, HUNTING, AND DESTRUCTION
WITCHCRAFT
WOMEN: COLONIAL
WOMEN: CONTEMPORARY
WOMEN: TRADITIONAL
WOMEN IN POLITICS
WORDS (Ọ̀́RỌ̀́)
WORK SONGS
WORLDVIEW
WORSHIP
WRITERS
Y
YORÙBÁ COUNCIL OF ELDERS
YOUTH AND YOUTH CULTURE: MODERN
YOUTH AND YOUTH CULTURE: TRADITIONAL
List of Contributors
Index
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