Where Gods And Mortals Meet

Author : Wilson Perkins Foss
Publisher : Snoeck
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Art
ISBN : UOM:39015059301617

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Where Gods and Mortals Meet by Wilson Perkins Foss Pdf

The Urhobo peoples occupy the western fringe of the Niger River delta in southern Nigeria, an area rich with oil reserves. Since the 1970s, the petroleum industry has brought worldwide wealth and attention to Nigeria, but tragically has also detracted from broad-based economic progress as flow stations, flare-offs, drilling platforms and pipelines have proliferated. As rural economies suffered an inevitable decline, the custom of maintaining traditional Urhobo art has experienced a parallel atrophy. The resultant decline in Urhobo culture has prompted a response among many Urhobo who want to celebrate and preserve their traditions for future generations. The Museum for African Art in New York makes a major contribution to this effort through the presentation of "Where Gods and Mortals meet," the first exhibition to showcase Urhobo arts. The exhibition introduces never-before-seen Urhobo art and footage of cultural performances, from yesterday and today. This accompanying catalogue includes approximately 80 works of art: traditional art from the historical period 1850 to 1975, including monumental wood figures, metal and clay sculpture, and masks and costumes with accompanying poetry and song; a small selection of contemporary work by Bruce Onobrakpeya, an Urhobo by birth and one of Africa's foremost artists; plus photos and video footage of extraordinary multimedia masquerades.

Author : Wilson Perkins Foss
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 151 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2004-01-01
Category : Art, African
ISBN : 0945802366

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Author : Tanure Ojaide,Enajite Eseoghene Ojaruega
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 285 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2021-04-19
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781000379051

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The Literature and Arts of the Niger Delta by Tanure Ojaide,Enajite Eseoghene Ojaruega Pdf

This book examines the depiction of the Delta region of Nigeria through literature and other cultural art forms. The Niger Delta has been thrust into the global limelight due to resource extraction and conflict, but it is also a region with a rich culture, environment, and heritage. The creative imagination of the area’s artists has been fuelled by the area’s pressing concerns of indigenous peoples, minority discourse, environmental degradation, climate change, multinational corporations' greed, dictatorship, and people’s struggle for control of their resources. Taking a holistic approach to the Niger Delta experience, this book showcases artistic responses from literature, visual arts, and performances (such as masquerades, dances, and festivals). Chapters cover authors, artists, and performers such as Ben Okri, Ken Saro-Wiwa, Isidore Okpewho, J.P. Clark, and Bruce Onobrakpeya, as well as topics like the famous Benin bronze figures and Urhobo Udje dance. Affirming the wealth and diversity of the region which continues to inspire creative artistic productions, The Literature and Arts of the Niger Delta will be of interest to researchers of African literature, arts, and other cultural productions.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 602 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Humanities
ISBN : NYPL:33433116062781

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Humanities by Anonim Pdf

Author : Gitti Salami,Monica Blackmun Visona
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 650 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2013-12-24
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781444338379

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A Companion to Modern African Art by Gitti Salami,Monica Blackmun Visona Pdf

Offering a wealth of perspectives on African modern and Modernist art from the mid-nineteenth century to the present, this new Companion features essays by African, European, and North American authors who assess the work of individual artists as well as exploring broader themes such as discoveries of new technologies and globalization. A pioneering continent-based assessment of modern art and modernity across Africa Includes original and previously unpublished fieldwork-based material Features new and complex theoretical arguments about the nature of modernity and Modernism Addresses a widely acknowledged gap in the literature on African Art

Author : Erubu Otobo
Publisher : African Books Collective
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2023-05-05
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789786020464

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Nigerian Gods by Erubu Otobo Pdf

Nigerian Gods is an enlightening and sobering review of the impact of the introduction of the three main Abrahamic religions on Nigeria's traditional religions, culture and way of life, viewed through the prism of its eleven largest and two of the smallest ethnic groups. Kome Otobo, gives here a factual and acute description and presentation of the main characteristics of the major ethnic groups in Nigeria - historical background and socio-political structures, demography, traditional religions, differing impacts of Judaism, Christianity, Islam, and major occupations and modes of existence - which should serve to propel all to a fuller assessment of the complexities of the directions which a Post-Covid-19 World is tending rapidly, ethnically and racially exploited differences jumping to the fore to question erstwhile dominant political ideologies and political arrangements based on them.

Author : Michael Watts
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2011-01-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780773594630

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The Philosophy of Heidegger by Michael Watts Pdf

In The Philosophy of Heidegger, Michael Watts provides an overview of Heidegger's thoughts that is suitable for both beginning and advanced students. Free from jargon and the standard idioms of academic philosophical writing, Watts uses several illustrations and concrete examples to introduce key Heideggrian concepts such as throwness, the clearing, authenticity, falling, moods, nullity, temporality, Ereignis, enframing, dwelling, and Gelassenheit. He avoids over-involvement with the secondary literature and with wider philosophical debates, which gives the writing an immediate, accessible voice. Ranging widely across Heidegger's writings, the book displays an impressively thorough knowledge of his corpus, navigating the difficult relationship between the earlier and later texts and giving the reader a strong sense of the fundamental motives and overall continuity of Heidegger's thought.

Author : George Pattison
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2013-01-11
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781134634026

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Routledge Philosophy Guidebook to the Later Heidegger by George Pattison Pdf

Martin Heidegger is one of the most controversial thinkers of the twentieth century. His writings are notoriously difficult: they both require and reward careful reading. The Later Heidegger introduces and accesses: * Heidegger's life and the background to his later works * The ideas and texts of some of his influential later works, including The Question concerning Technology, The Origin of the Work of Art, and What is Called Thinking? * Heidegger's continuing importance to philosophy and contemporary thought.

Author : William Reed Hopper Dunroy
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 146 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1897
Category : American poetry
ISBN : MINN:31951002090585P

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Corn Tassels by William Reed Hopper Dunroy Pdf

Dunroy was influenced by Oscar Wilde and the The Yellow Book. Two of the poems contain explicit references to Aubrey Beardsley.

Author : Theodore Deppe
Publisher : Salmon Publishing
Page : 104 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 1903392284

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Cape Clear by Theodore Deppe Pdf

Author : Omoko, Peter E.
Publisher : Malthouse Press
Page : 522 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2018-06-14
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9789785557886

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Scholarship and Commitment by Omoko, Peter E. Pdf

Professor Darah turned seventy on Wednesday November 22, 2017 and to celebrate his very productive career, his colleagues and many of those he has mentored thought it appropriate to mark his official exit from the university in a dignified way by commissioning for publication, in the now acceptable festschrift tradition, the highly compelling and outstanding collection of essays titled: Scholarship and Commitment: Essays in Honour of G.G. Darah. The book is a ground-breaking collection of essays; some are couched as tributes to the ebullient celebrant, there are others on more serious discourses in the areas of literary theories and criticism, language and linguistics, popular literature and politics, the African woman, identity and contemporary realities, oral literature, the news media and cultural studies. The essays, on their own, attest to the vivacity and liveliness as well as the encouraging state of health of publishing in the Nigerian academia, which in this collection alone, parades forty-two essays in different fields or discourses.

Author : Peter Palmer Ekeh
Publisher : Urhobo Historical Society
Page : 800 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : History
ISBN : 9780677690

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Studies in Urhobo Culture by Peter Palmer Ekeh Pdf

This unique book is the product of pioneering research carried out by scholars native to the Urhobo culture and language. Unlike many of the other major ethnic cultures in Nigeria, which were studied by Western anthropologist in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, the Urhobo language and culture remained neglected. Studies in Urhobo Culture represents a comparatively new area of research, approached from an indigenous perspective. The result is a wide-ranging survey of Urhobo culture in Nigeria, offering diverse perspectives on topics such as: naming traditions and practices of the Urhobo; religious beliefs, values and movements; traditions of marriage; artistic productions, food and dress subcultures; and the geography of Urhoboland and agricultural practices. In-depth consideration is given to Urhobo traditional poetry and the intellectual aspects of Urhobo culture and language, within the wider complex of the Edoid languages and cultures. The contributors further situate the language question within the global context of language endangerment, arguing the Urhobo case is an example of how English and Pidgin are imperilling small and medium-sized languages in Africa, and weakening the hold of indigenous cultures on the younger generation.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2007-01-01
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9789401204538

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Festivalising! by Anonim Pdf

Throughout the world festivals are growing – in numbers, in size, in significance – and serve as spaces where aesthetic encounters, religious and political celebrations, economic investments and public entertainment can take place. In this sense, festivals are theatrical events. This volume contains discussions of 14 diverse festival events from five continents across the globe, written by members of the IFTR/FIRT Working Group on the Theatrical Event, the same group that has produced the ground-breaking study Theatrical Events – Borders Dynamics Frames in 2004 (also published by Rodopi). The events discussed here range from traditional carnivals and festivals to more controversial theatre, dance and opera festivals, children’s festivals and community events, as well as saints’ and workers’ festivities. All of these constitute part of the local playing cultures and take on significant political roles, nationally and regionally. The authors explore and extend the theoretical frames of reference for any contemporary discussion of theatrical events and festivals, in order to provide a new and fresh perspective on past and present festival culture across the globe.

Author : Harriet Monroe
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1892
Category : Electronic
ISBN : NYPL:33433111601286

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Valeria and Other Poems by Harriet Monroe Pdf

Author : Tanure Ojaide
Publisher : Springer
Page : 285 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2015-10-07
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781137560032

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Indigeneity, Globalization, and African Literature by Tanure Ojaide Pdf

Literature remains one of the few disciplines that reflect the experiences, sensibility, worldview, and living realities of its people. Contemporary African literature captures the African experience in history and politics in a multiplicity of ways. Politics itself has come to intersect and impact on most, if not all, aspects of the African reality. This relationship of literature with African people’s lives and condition forms the setting of this study. Tanure Ojaide’s Indigeneity, Globalization, and African Literature: Personally Speaking belongs with a well-established tradition of personal reflections on literature by African creative writer-critics. Ojaide’s contribution brings to the table the perspective of what is now recognized as a “second generation” writer, a poet, and a concerned citizen of Nigeria’s Niger Delta area.