Eshu Eleggua Elegbara

Author : Raul Canizares
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Esu (Afro-Caribbean deity)
ISBN : 0942272617

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Eshu-Eleggua Elegbara by Raul Canizares Pdf

Yoruba theology teaches that there are 401 powers of the right ("angels") called orisha whose role is to act as protectors and facilitators of humankind; there are also 201 powers of the left called ajogun ("demons") whose role is to present humans with challenges and obstacles. Eshu's place is unique because he is both an orisha and the leader of the ajogun! He is both an orisha and the leader of the Ajogun! He is the one in four-hundred-and-one and the one in two-hundred-and-one.

Author : Toyin Falola
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Esu (Afro-Caribbean deity)
ISBN : 1611632226

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Èṣù by Toyin Falola Pdf

This is the most extensive book on Esu, also known in different locations as Eleda, Exu, Cxu Eleggua, Cxu Elegbara, Legba, Elegba, Elegbera, or Odara. He is the "divine messenger," central to the understanding of Yoruba religion and worldview, as well as their various manifestations and related orisa traditions in the African diaspora--such as Candomblé, Vodou, and Santería/Lukumi. Esu and Ifa (divination with all its sacred texts) or Orunmila (the god of divination) rank as the most widespread and the most worshipped of all the deities. Both Esu and Ifa/Orunmila hold the Yoruba cosmic system together. Esu is now part of what some may label as the Black Atlantic religion; part of the attempt to recover African religions in other lands; as well as part of the use of religion for survival. As the book points out, in Esu's ability to migrate to other lands, he becomes part of transatlantic history, but more so of the tension between relocation and history, between the violence that led to the forced migrations of people and the long healing process of reconciliation with living in strange lands that later became new homelands. This book is part of the African World Series, edited by Toyin Falola, Jacob and Frances Sanger Mossiker Chair in the Humanities, University of Texas at Austin.

Author : Fá'lokun Fatunmbi
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 30 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1993-06-01
Category : Art, African
ISBN : 0942272277

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Eşu Elegba by Fá'lokun Fatunmbi Pdf

Author : Migene Gonz?lez-Wippler
Publisher : Llewellyn Worldwide
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1567183298

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Santería by Migene Gonz?lez-Wippler Pdf

When the Yoruba of West Africa were brought to Cuba as slaves, they preserved their religious heritage by disguising their gods as Catholic saints and worshiping them in secret. The resulting religion is Santería, a blend of primitive magic and Catholicism now practiced by an estimated five million Hispanic Americans. Blending informed study with her personal experience, González-Wippler describes Santería¿s pantheon of gods ("orishas "); the priests ("santeros" ); the divining shells used to consult the gods (the "Diloggún" ) and the herbal potions prepared as medicinal cures and for magic ("Ewe ) "as well as controversial ceremonies-including animal sacrifice. She has obtained remarkable photographs and interviews with Santería leaders that highlight aspects of the religion rarely revealed to nonbelievers. This book satisfies the need for knowledge of this expanding religious force that links its devotees in America to a spiritual wisdom seemingly lost in modern society.

Author : Sharon K. Goetz
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 566 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2008-04-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780615195247

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Phoenix Rising: Collected Papers on Harry Potter, 17-21 May 2007 by Sharon K. Goetz Pdf

Phoenix Rising was a five-day conference devoted to all things Harry Potter held 17-21 May in New Orleans, Louisiana. The conference featured educational and academic programming presented by scholars, teachers, business and industry professionals, artists, librarians, fans, and others with an interest in the Harry Potter novels, films, and phenomenon. Narrate Conferences, Inc., a 501(c)(3) charitable organization, produces dynamic, innovative educational events for scholars, students, professionals and fans. Phoenix Rising was produced by Narrate Conferences, Inc., and was not endorsed, sanctioned or any other way supported, directly or indirectly, by Warner Bros. Entertainment, the Harry Potter book publishers, or J. K. Rowling and her representatives.

Author : William Russell Bascom
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 804 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1980-05-22
Category : History
ISBN : 0253208475

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Sixteen Cowries by William Russell Bascom Pdf

" . . . a landmark in research of African oral traditions." —African Arts " . . . a significant contribution to the understanding of Yoruba religious belief, magic, and art." —Journal of Religion in Africa Yoruba texts and English translations of a divination system that originated in Nigeria and is widely practiced today by male and female diviners in the diaspora. A landmark edition.

Author : Baba Raul Canizares
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 37 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2000-01-01
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 0942272633

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Obatala by Baba Raul Canizares Pdf

Obatala means "King of the White Cloth." This title refers to a particularly soft and beautiful white fabric associated with Yoruba Kings. This fabric's myriad threads are so masterfully interwoven that at first sight one cannot distinguish them. "To call an orisha the chief of white cloth is to make a symbolic reference to that substance which makes consciousness possible... It is a reference to the fabric which binds the universe together.

Author : Baba Raul Canizares
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 44 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : UOM:39015051862020

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Shango by Baba Raul Canizares Pdf

Shango came over to America in the hearts of his devotees. They did not choose to make the middle passage, but many of them survived it because they had Shango's example of one who could beat any odds and make any situation advantageous; Shango exemplifies the Philosophy of "When Life Throws Lemons at You, Make Lemonade." His capacity to adapt, to break with old modes, to be individualistic and iconoclastic, makes shango a perfect divinity for the new world, for all of these are traits that have helped us survive and thrive. It is in this spirit that I brazenly claim shango as our beloved paradigm. The most popular orisha in America.

Author : S. Vásquez
Publisher : Springer
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2012-08-06
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781137031389

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Humor in the Caribbean Literary Canon by S. Vásquez Pdf

Humor in the Caribbean Literary Canon intimately examines Caribbean writers who engage canonical Western texts and forms, while using humor to challenge Western representations of people of African descent.

Author : Talia Felix
Publisher : Talia Felix
Page : 95 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2016-04-22
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9781530584833

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The Intranquil Spirit by Talia Felix Pdf

FORGET EVERYTHING YOU KNOW ABOUT THE INTRANQUIL SPIRIT. From "The Magic Island" of the West Indies, this famous spell is notorious for its ability to return a lost lover... but at what cost?

Author : Toyin Falola
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 535 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2022-07-14
Category : History
ISBN : 9781316511237

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Decolonizing African Knowledge by Toyin Falola Pdf

Uses textual and visual materials on the 'Self' to understand how African ways of thinking shape the nature of societies.

Author : C. Peters
Publisher : Springer
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2012-09-17
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781137119285

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Cuban Identity and the Angolan Experience by C. Peters Pdf

Exploring the cultural politics of Cuba's epic military engagement in the Angolan civil war, this book narrates the transformation of Cuban national identity from Latin African to Caribbean through the experience of internationalism in Angola.

Author : Solimar Otero,Toyin Falola
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2013-11-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781438448015

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Yemoja by Solimar Otero,Toyin Falola Pdf

Finalist for the 2014 Albert J. Raboteau Prize for the Best Book in Africana Religions presented by the Journal of Africana Religions This is the first collection of essays to analyze intersectional religious and cultural practices surrounding the deity Yemoja. In Afro-Atlantic traditions, Yemoja is associated with motherhood, women, the arts, and the family. This book reveals how Yemoja traditions are negotiating gender, sexuality, and cultural identities in bold ways that emphasize the shifting beliefs and cultural practices of contemporary times. Contributors come from a wide range of fields—religious studies, art history, literature, and anthropology—and focus on the central concern of how different religious communities explore issues of race, gender, and sexuality through religious practice and discourse. The volume adds the voices of religious practitioners and artists to those of scholars to engage in conversations about how Latino/a and African diaspora religions respond creatively to a history of colonization.

Author : Baba Raul Canizares,Eric Lerner
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 37 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2000-01-01
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 0942272625

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Babalu Aye by Baba Raul Canizares,Eric Lerner Pdf

Babalu give his devotees means to survive. Ulli Beier, a seasoned scholar and poet of Yoruba Culture, Elaborates on this point: "Sakpata (Babalu) is the god of suffering. He teaches his worshippers to cope with misfortunes (particularly disease). If Sakpata strikes a man with smallpox, it is because he wants to establish a very close relationship with that person. Only the man who is not mature enough or strong enough will die of the disease. For the worthy person it is like an initiation: a death and resurrection into a mature, richer life."

Author : Paul Carter Harrison,Victor Leo Walker Ii,Gus Edwards
Publisher : Temple University Press
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2002-11-08
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781566399449

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Black Theatre by Paul Carter Harrison,Victor Leo Walker Ii,Gus Edwards Pdf

Generating a new understanding of the past—as well as a vision for the future—this path-breaking volume contains essays written by playwrights, scholars, and critics that analyze African American theatre as it is practiced today.Even as they acknowledge that Black experience is not monolithic, these contributors argue provocatively and persuasively for a Black consciousness that creates a culturally specific theatre. This theatre, rooted in an African mythos, offers ritual rather than realism; it transcends the specifics of social relations, reaching toward revelation. The ritual performance that is intrinsic to Black theatre renews the community; in Paul Carter Harrison's words, it "reveals the Form of Things Unknown" in a way that "binds, cleanses, and heals."