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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.

Orature and Yorùbá Riddles takes readers into the hitherto unexplored undercurrents of riddles in Africa. Because of its oral and all too often ephemeral nature, riddles have escaped close scrutiny from scholars. The strength of the Yorùbá as the focus of this study is impressive indeed: a major ethnic group in Africa, with established connections with the black diaspora in North America and the Caribean; a rich oral and written culture; a large and diverse population; and an integrated rural-urban society. The book is divided into six chapters for readers' convenience. When read in sequence, the book provides a comprehensive, holistic sense of Yorùbá creativity where riddles are concerned. At the same time, the book is conceived in a way that each chapter could be read individually. Therefore, those readers seeking understanding of a specific type of riddle may target a single chapter appearing most relevant to her/his curiosity

Conflict management and resolution strategies often do not pay enough attention to traditional methods emanating from local cultural traditions. Many conflicts in sub-Saharan Africa are not responsive to contemporary approaches born in the West and implemented in conflict zones across the continent. In this article I specifically focus on the myths of the Yorùbá ethnic group in Nigeria as a way to demonstrate how myths from a given society can be helpful in crafting local solutions to local conflicts. After providing a brief overview of the relationship between myth and conflict, I will summarize and analyze five Yorùbá myths that provide cultural context to the Yorùbá experience, and then conclude with some lessons that can be applied to the conflict resolution process in general.

"Soziale Beziehungen bei den Yoruba wurden von jeher durch Sprichwörter, Redewendungen und Lieder (re-)strukturiert. In ihnen spiegelt sich das Denken der Gruppe wider. Dies zeigt sich insbesondere beim Blick auf die Beziehungen zwischen Patron und Klient und den Erwartungen, wie diese Beziehungen aussehen sollten. Durch die Analyse von Sprichwörtern, Redewendungen und Liedern der Yoruba wird gezeigt, wie indigenes gesellschaftliches Denken Werte, Normen und Erwartungen in klientelistischen Beziehungen festlegt." (Autorenreferat)

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- List of Tables -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Part I | Introduction -- 1 | Writing a New History -- Part II | Birth of the Yorùbá Community of Practice, ca. 300 BC-AD 1420 -- 2 | The Emergence of a House Society -- 3 | Knowledge Capital and Referentiality -- Part III | Atrophy and Regeneration, ca. 1400-1650 -- 4 | Atrophy -- 5 | Regeneration and Restoration -- Part IV | Atlantic Entanglements, 1630-1840 -- 6 | Merchant Capital Revolution -- 7 | Sociality of Merchant Capital -- 8 | Perennial Inequality -- 9 | A House Divided -- Part V | Conclusion -- 10 | The Past in the Present -- Appendix 1 -- Appendix 2 -- Notes on Orthography and Glossary of Yorùbá Words -- Bibliography -- Index.