Author : Teejay LeCapois
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 458 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Fantasy
ISBN : 9781105662065
The Gods of Dahomey
Teejay LeCapois
The Gods Of Dahomey
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Gods of Dahomey
Teejay LeCapois
Author : Teejay LeCapois
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Fantasy
ISBN : OCLC:688618348
Gods of Dahomey by Teejay LeCapois Pdf
Dahomey, kings and gods
Cyprien Tokoudagba
Author : Cyprien Tokoudagba
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Benin
ISBN : OCLC:1391396809
Dahomey, kings and gods by Cyprien Tokoudagba Pdf
Amazons of Black Sparta, 2nd Edition
Stanley B. Alpern
Author : Stanley B. Alpern
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 309 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2011-04-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9780814707722
Amazons of Black Sparta, 2nd Edition by Stanley B. Alpern Pdf
The only thoroughly documented Amazons in world history are the women warriors of Dahomey, an eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Western African kingdom. Once dubbed a 'small black Sparta,' residents of Dahomey shared with the Spartans an intense militarism and sense of collectivism. Updated with a new preface by the author, Amazons of Black Sparta is the product of meticulous archival research and Alpern's gift for narrative. It will stand as the most comprehensive and accessible account of the woman warriors of Dahomey.
Varieties of African American Religious Experience
Anthony B. Pinn
Author : Anthony B. Pinn
Publisher : Fortress Press
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2017-10-15
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781506403366
Varieties of African American Religious Experience by Anthony B. Pinn Pdf
Twenty years ago, Anthony Pinn‘s engrossing survey highlighted the rich diversity of black religious life in America, revealing expressions of an ever-changing black religious quest. Based on extensive research, travel, and interviews, Pinn‘s work provides a fascinating look especially at Voodoo, Santeria, the Nation of Islam, and black humanism in the United States and uses the diversity of religious belief to begin formulation of a comparative black theology-the first of its kind. This twentieth-anniversary edition is an expanded version, including a new preface and a new concluding chapter. An important contribution to classroom studies!
“An” Outline of Dahomean Religious Belief
Melville Jean Herskovits
Author : Melville Jean Herskovits
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1915
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1406919471
“An” Outline of Dahomean Religious Belief by Melville Jean Herskovits Pdf
The History of Dahomy
Archibald Dalzel
Author : Archibald Dalzel
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1793
Category : Africa, West
ISBN : NLS:B000376408
The History of Dahomy by Archibald Dalzel Pdf
Mami Wata: Africa's Ancient God/dess Unveiled Vol. I
Mama Zogbé
Author : Mama Zogbé
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 567 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2007-11-26
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780615179360
Mami Wata: Africa's Ancient God/dess Unveiled Vol. I by Mama Zogbé Pdf
This first definitive work on the predomiance of this powerful African deity throughout the ancient world has quickly become a "cult" classic. The evolution of Mami Wata in establishing, shaping and expanding the spiritual and sacerdotal foundation of world religion, reveals also the lost but glorious past of African women's spirituality. Hailed as the new "bible" on the history of African women, this comprehensive well-researched body of work will benefit academics, students, and all who are seeking to fill the missing void in world religious and cultural history. Totaling over 800 pages, it is reccomended that both heavily illustrated (Volumes I & II) be purchased as a set.
Slavery, Colonialism and Economic Growth in Dahomey, 1640-1960
Patrick Manning
Author : Patrick Manning
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 472 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2004-06-07
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0521523079
Slavery, Colonialism and Economic Growth in Dahomey, 1640-1960 by Patrick Manning Pdf
This book integrates into a single framework Dahomey's pre-colonial, colonial and post-colonial economic history.
Dahomey’s Royal Architecture
Lynne Ellsworth Larsen
Author : Lynne Ellsworth Larsen
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2023-06-23
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781000899689
Dahomey’s Royal Architecture by Lynne Ellsworth Larsen Pdf
Dahomey’s Royal Architecture examines the West African kingdom of Dahomey, located in present-day Republic of Benin. The book explores the Royal Palace of Dahomey’s relationship to the religious, cultural, and national identity of the pre-colonial Kingdom of Dahomey (c. 1625–1892), colonial Dahomey (1892–1960) and post-colonial Benin (1960–present). The Royal Palace of Dahomey covers more than 108 acres and was surrounded by a wall over two miles long. When the French colonial army arrived in Abomey in 1892, the ruling king set fire to the palace to keep it from falling into enemy hands. Though much of the palace structure was subsequently left to ruin, a portion of it was restored from which the French ruled for a short period. In 1945, the colonial administration transformed part of the palace into a museum, and in 1985 the entire palace was added to UNESCO’s World Heritage list. This book documents the palace’s physical transformations in relation to its changing purposes and explores how the space maintained religious significance despite change. The palace’s construction, destruction, and restorations demonstrate how architecture can be manipulated and transformed according to the agendas of governments or according to the religious and cultural needs of a populace. The palace functions as a historic record by discussing aspects of documentation, revision, language, and interpretation. Covering almost four centuries of Dahomey’s history, this book will be of interest to researchers and students of African art and architecture, religious studies, west African history, and post-colonial studies.
Dahomey
F. Blanche Foster
Author : F. Blanche Foster
Publisher : Franklin Watts
Page : 80 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1971
Category : History
ISBN : IND:32000009561566
Dahomey by F. Blanche Foster Pdf
Traces the history of Dahomey and discusses the people, religions, arts, customs, and modern problems of this African nation that gained independence in 1960.
The Faces of the Gods
Leslie Gérald Desmangles
Author : Leslie Gérald Desmangles
Publisher : Univ of North Carolina Press
Page : 197 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780807843932
The Faces of the Gods by Leslie Gérald Desmangles Pdf
Vodou, the folk religion of Haiti, is a by-product of the contact between Roman Catholicism and African and Amerindian traditional religions. In this book, Leslie Desmangles analyzes the mythology and rituals of Vodou, focusing particularly on the inclusion of West African and European elements in Vodouisants' beliefs and practices. Desmangles sees Vodou not simply as a grafting of European religious traditions onto African stock, but as a true creole phenomenon, born out of the oppressive conditions of slavery and the necessary adaptation of slaves to a New World environment. Desmangles uses Haitian history to explain this phenomenon, paying particular attention to the role of the seventeenth- and eighteenth-century maroon communities in preserving African traditions and the attempts by the Catholic, educated elite to suppress African-based "superstitions." The result is a society in which one religion, Catholicism, is visible and official; the other, Vodou, is unofficial and largely secretive.
Dahomey
Melville Jean Herskovits
Author : Melville Jean Herskovits
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 484 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1938
Category : Ethnology
ISBN : UIUC:30112042211497
Dahomey by Melville Jean Herskovits Pdf
Encyclopedia of African Religion
Molefi Kete Asante,Ama Mazama
Author : Molefi Kete Asante,Ama Mazama
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 473 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781412936361
Encyclopedia of African Religion by Molefi Kete Asante,Ama Mazama Pdf
Collects almost five hundred entries that cover the African response to spirituality, taboos, ethics, sacred space, and objects.
King Guezo of Dahomey, 1850-52
Tim Coates
Author : Tim Coates
Publisher : Stationery Office Books (TSO)
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : STANFORD:36105110938326
King Guezo of Dahomey, 1850-52 by Tim Coates Pdf
In order to bring an end to slave dealing the British Navy went in search of the final traders and offered them large sums of money in exchange for firm promises to give up their lucrative business. Guezo, King of Dahomey had an army of 3000 women, to each of which he was married, having sold all the menfolk as slaves. For entertainment he indulged in the sacrifice of trespassers from neighbouring West African countries. He welcomed the approach of the naval officers, declaring Victoria and Albert as his closest friends.