This innovative anthology presents an interdisciplinary approach to Yor\u00f9b\u00e1 culture and customs.
\nWritten by Yor\u00f9b\u00e1 experts on all continents, the seventy-five chapters in the volume employ a
\nvariety of multi-faceted perspectives to provide a detailed study of the Yor\u00f9b\u00e1 people with
\ninsights from anthropology, arts, language and linguistics, literature, history, religion, sociology,
\nphilosophy, psychology, criminology, law, technology, medicine, pharmacy, engineering,
\neconomics, education, political science, music, theater, popular culture, cultural studies, migration
\nand diaspora studies, gender, etc. Each chapter addresses the changes that have taken place in
\ntraditional culture. This blend between traditional culture and modifications to such culture gives
\na balanced and authentic picture of what can be regarded as culture and customs in present-day
\nYor\u00f9b\u00e1 society.<\/p>\n
T\u00f3y\u00ecn F\u00e1l\u1ecdl\u00e1 is Jacob and Frances Sanger Mossiker Chair in the Humanities and Distinguished
\nTeaching Professor at the University of Texas at Austin. He is author and editor of more than one
\nhundred books, including Encyclopedia of the Yor\u00f9b\u00e1 (IUP, 2016), The Yor\u00f9b\u00e1 Diaspora in the
\nAtlantic World (IUP, 2005), Yor\u00f9b\u00e1 Warlords of the 19th Century (AWP, 2001), and The Yor\u00f9b\u00e1 Gurus: Indigenous Production of Knowledge in Africa (AWP, 1999).<\/p>\n
Ak\u00ednt\u00fand\u00e9 Ak\u00edny\u1eb9m\u00ed is Professor in the Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures and
\naffiliate faculty at the Center for African Studies at the University of Florida. He is author of Orature
\nand Yor\u00f9b\u00e1 Riddles (Palgrave, 2015) and Yor\u00f9b\u00e1 Royal Poetry: A Socio-Historical Exposition and
\nAnnotated Translation (BASS, 2004); co-author of Dictionnaire usual
\nYor\u00f9b\u00e1-fran\u00e7ais (AFRA-Karthala, 1997); and co-editor of Encyclopedia of the Yor\u00f9b\u00e1 (IUP, 2016).<\/p>\n
ISBN: 978-1-943533-18-3 \u0399 Published 2017 | Pan-African University Press<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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