Yoruba art and language seeking the African in African art
Introduction : what is African in African art studies?Orí : no òrìṣà blesses a person without the consent of his/her oríÀṣẹ : the empowered word must come to passỌṣun : the corpulent woman whose waist two arms cannot encompassÒrúnmìlà : henceforth, Ifá priests will ride horsesWe greet aso before we...
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| Sprache: | eng |
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New York, NY
Cambridge Univ. Press
2014
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | Introduction : what is African in African art studies?Orí : no òrìṣà blesses a person without the consent of his/her oríÀṣẹ : the empowered word must come to passỌṣun : the corpulent woman whose waist two arms cannot encompassÒrúnmìlà : henceforth, Ifá priests will ride horsesWe greet aso before we greet its wearerÀkó : re/minding is the antidote for forgetfulnessIlé-ifè : the place where the day dawnsYorùbá aesthetics : ìwà, ìwà is what we are searching for, ìwàTomorrow, today's elder sibling. |
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| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Beschreibung: | xxvii, 386 S zahlr. Ill |
| ISBN: | 9781107047440 978-1-107-04744-0 |