Encyclopedia of the Yoruba / edited by Toyin Falola and Akintunde Akinyemi. - 1 online resource

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Cover; Contents ; Preface and Acknowledgments; Introduction; List of Entries; Entries A to Z; A; AB�I��OL�A, MOSHOOD K�A�S�IMAW�O �OL�AW�AL�E (1937-1998); ACTION GROUP; ADVERTISEMENT; AF��ENIF��ERE, �EGB��E; �AGB��EK��OY�A REBELLION OF 1968-1969; AGE-GRADE SYSTEM; AGRICULTURE AND FARMING; AK�INT��OL�A, SAMUEL L�AD�OK�E (1910-1966); ALCOHOL; AN�IK�UL�AP�O-K�UT�I, F�EL�A (1938-1997); ANIMALS IN FOLKLORE; APPRENTICESHIP; ARCHAEOLOGY; ARCHITECTURE, CONTEMPORARY; ARCHITECTURE, DOMESTIC; ART: CONTEMPORARY; ART: INDIGENOUS; ASSOCIATIONS FOR PROMOTING YOR�UB�A CULTURE; AW�OL��OW��O, �OB�AF��EMI (1909-1987); B; BARDS: OLD AND NEW; BEADWORK. BODY ADORNMENT AND COSMETICSBODY 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 AL�ADUR�A 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 �AJ�AY�I (1807-1891) CULTURE; D; DANCE: AESTHETIC AND SOCIAL MEANING; DANCE: TYPES; DEATH, MOURNING, AND ANCESTORS; DEBT AND DEBT MANAGEMENT; DEITIES: THE �OR�I�S�A; DEMOGRAPHY: SOCIAL CHARACTERISTICS; DIASPORA: DEITIES (THE �OR�I�S�A); DIASPORA: IMPACT OF YOR�UB�A CULTURE; DIASPORA: YOR�UB�A IN AFRICA; DIASPORA: YOR�UB�A IN CENTRAL AMERICA; DIASPORA: YOR�UB�A IN EUROPE; DIASPORA: YOR�UB�A IN SOUTH AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN; DIASPORA: YOR�UB�A IN NORTH AMERICA; DICTIONARIES; DILEMMA TALES; DISEASE; DIVINATION: IF�A; DIVINATORY SYSTEMS; DOLLS AND TOYS; DRAMA; DREAMS AND DREAM INTERPRETATION; DRESS. DRUMSE; ECONOMIC HISTORY; ECONOMIC SYSTEM; EDUCATION: ELEMENTARY; EDUCATION: MODERN (JUNIOR AND SENIOR SECONDARY); EDUCATION: PRESCHOOL; EDUCATION: TERTIARY; EDUCATION: TRADITIONAL; �EK�IT�IPARAP��O WAR; ELECTRONIC MEDIA AND ORAL TRADITION; ELITE; ETHICS; ETHNICITY; ETHNOMUSICOLOGY; F; F�AD�IP��E, NATHENIEL AK�INR��EM�I (1893-1944); F�AG�UNW�A, DANIEL �OL��ORUNF��EMI (1903-1963); FAITH; F�AL�OL�A, �OL��ORUNT�OY�IN �OM��OY�ENI (1953-); FESTIVALS AND CARNIVALS; FOOD: CUISINE AND PREPARATION; FOOD: SUPPLY, DISTRIBUTION, AND MARKETING; FRONTIER ZONE: GEOGRAPHY AND CULTURAL IMPACT; G; GAMES. GANGS, GANGSTERS, AND GANGSTERISMGENDER; 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 (�IB�A); HOUSEHOLD AND DOMESTIC GROUPS; HUNTING; I; �IB�AD�AN EMPIRE; IL�E-IF��E; IF��E KINGDOM; INHERITANCE; INITIATION; INSULTS AND RIBALD LANGUAGE; INVESTMENT; INVOCATION; IRON MAKING; �ISH��OL�A, H�AR�UN�A AD�EB�AY��O (1919-1983); ISLAM; ISLAMIC MEDICINE; J.

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