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"Women in Yorùbá Religions discusses the influence of Yoruba culture on women's religious lives and leadership in religions practiced by Yoruba people, covering themes like Yoruba women in Yoruba religion, Christianity, and Islam; women in African-derived religions in the diaspora; Yoruba religion and globalization; and LGBTQ adherents of Yoruba religion"--

Opening -- Sources and questions -- Yorubaland, 1820-1893 -- Colonial Yorubaland, 1893-1960 -- Family and marriage -- Labor, property, and agriculture -- Income-generating activities in the nineteenth century -- New approaches to familiar roles during the colonial period -- Western skills and service careers -- Religion, cultural forms, and associations -- Regents and chiefs, economic organizations, and politics -- Patriarchy, colonialism, and women's agency

"Yoruba Creativity: Cultural Practices of the Modern World provides an interdisciplinary analysis of the multifaceted contributions of the Yoruba, one of the largest ethnic groups in Nigeria. It skillfully interrogates the epistemological foundations of the development of the cultural values, ethos, and survival strategies of the Yoruba from the pre-colonial era to the present day. It presents a compelling examination of the role of Yoruba memoirs in the social construction of memory and identity, as well as the cultural basis of marriage, mothering, and the critical role of the family unit in Yoruba society. Also, the book discusses the crucial role of men and women in entrepreneurship and economic development and the numerous factors that have influenced their participation in trade activities. It presents a cogent analysis of the critical institution of the Monarchy in the past and present, as well as the important role of the institution of the chieftaincy. Using a multi-layered methodological approach, including a lived historical perspective, the author recounts the process through which she also became Yoruba through the conferment of three chieftaincy titles each on her and her husband, the highest of which was presented to them by His Royal Majesty, King (Oba) Michael Adedotun Aremu Gbadebo, the Okukenu IV, Alake and Paramount Ruler of Egbaland"--

Prologue. "Mother is gold, father is glass": power and vulnerability in Atlantic Africa -- Founding fathers and metaphorical mothers: history, myth, and the making of a kingdom -- How kings lost their mothers: politics of the Atlantic slave trade -- Giving away Kétu's secret: wives on the eve of war -- "Where women really matter": the "queens" of Kétu and the challenge to French imperialism -- "Without family-- there is no true colonization": perspectives on marriage -- "The opening of the eyes": the politics of manhood on the eve of independence -- Mothers and fathers of an Atlantic world -- Epilogue. A rebirth of "public mothers" and kings

Der Beitrag untersucht die Probleme der Kinderbetreuung, die aus der vor allem bei den Yoruba in West-Nigeria üblichen Berufstätigkeit der Frau entstehen, und Ansätze zu deren Lösung. Er zeigt die gesellschaftlichen und politischen Aspekte auf und kommt zu dem Schluß, daß eine wirkliche Lösung des Problems für alle Schichten nur in einer veränderten Gesellschaft möglich sei. (DÜI-Gbh)

Introduction / Lillian Ashcraft-Eason, Darnise Martin, and Oyeronke Olademo -- Women, family, environment -- "That girl is poison" : white supremacy, anxiety, and the conflation of women and food in the nation of Islam / Stephen C. Finley and Margarita L. Simon -- Receiving, embodying, and sharing "divine wisdom" : women in the nation of gods and earths / Felicia M. Miyakawa -- The living shrine : life and meaning in Oyotunji / Yeyefini Efunbolade -- Socioeconomics, politics, authority -- Vodou : a heritage of power / Susheel Bibbs -- Mind, body, spirit -- Serving the spirits, healing the person : women in Afro-Brazilian religions / Kelly E. Hayes -- Dance attributes of female Orishas in Yoruba-derived religions in the diaspora / Halifu Osumare -- Sexuality, power, vulnerability -- To have and to hold : possession performance in Afro-Cuban Regla de Ocha / Katherine Hagedorn -- African descendent women and religion : diaspora in Oriente Cuba / Jualynne E. Dodson -- Religion and women's sexuality in Africa : the intersection of power and vulnerability / Oyeronke Olademo -- Women, worldview, religious practice -- A religion of the interstices : Asian Pacific American women and multiple religious practices / Tracy Sayuki Tiemeier -- Diana's grove : an emergent, integrative spiritual movement / John K. Simmons, Susan E. Hill, and Cynthea Jones -- The good wife : the religious experience of women in scientology / Dawn L. Hutchinson -- Senses of place : women greening communities / Kimberly Whitney -- African women in traditional religions : illustrations from Kenya / Mary Nyangweso Wangila

The book deals with the theme of African market women and economic power. African market women's participation in trade is analysed, the struggle and competition between men and women over certain market items, the nature of resources available to them, the cultural, social and economic barriers, the method by which African women exploit or manipulate economic, social and political opportunities, the impact of European imperialism on the status and position of women and the effects of postcolonial structural adjustment programs, especially as they impinge on women's livelihood. (DÜI-Sch)