Encyclopedia of the Yoruba
Cover -- 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.