Great discount items: African Tribal Books

In the mid-1970s, the Mashantucket Pequot tribe had only one member -- an elderly woman who pleaded with her grandson to come live on the impoverished reservation and save it from falling into government hands upon her death. In Revenge of the Pequots ...


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Oya: In Praise of an African Goddess
Manufacturer: Harpercollins



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Trabelin' On: The Slave Journey to an Afro-Baptist Faith
Manufacturer: Princeton University Press



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Mechal Sobel's fascinating study of the religious history of slaves and free blacks in antebellum America is presented here in a compact volume without the appendixes. Sobel's central thesis is that Africans brought their world views into North America wh ...


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The Big Bang: In the Beginning Was the Drum
Manufacturer: Ellipsis Arts



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From the publishers of Global Meditation, Voices of Forgotten Worlds, and Africa: Never Stand Still comes an exploration of rhythmic and percussive music as a universal phenomenon--a collection of some of the most impressive music from around the world, emph ...


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Osun Across the Waters : A Yoruba Goddess in
Manufacturer: Indiana University Press



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Osun is a brilliant deity whose imagery and world-wide devotion demand broad and deep scholarly reflection. The contributors to the ground-breaking "Africa's Ogun" edited by Sandra Barnes explored the complex nature of Ogun, the orisa who transforms life thr ...


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The Trickster in West Africa: A Study of Mythic Irony and Sacred Delight (Hermeneutics, Studies in the History of Religions)
Manufacturer: University of California Press



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The trickster appears in the myths and folktales of nearly every traditional society. Robert Pelton examines Ashanti, Fon, Yoruba, and Dogon trickster-figures in their social and mythical contexts and in light of contemporary thought, exploring the ...


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Ojise: Messenger of the Yoruba Tradition
Manufacturer: Atrium Publishers Group



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OJISE: MESSENGER OF THE YORUBA TRADITION is a journal of the day-to-day activities and rituals that Karade encountered in his quest for priesthood in the Yoruba religion. Embedded in this journal are the very emotions, ideas and changes in his psyche-and the ...


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Orisa Devotion as World Religion: The Globalization of Yoruba Religious Culture
Manufacturer: University of Wisconsin Press


As the twenty-first century begins, tens of millions of people participate in devotions to the spirits called Òrìsà. This book explores the emergence of Òrìsà devotion as a world religion, one of the most remarkable and compelling developments in ...


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A Dictionary of African Mythology: The Mythmaker as Storyteller
Manufacturer: Oxford University Press, USA



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In this marvelous collection of hundreds of fascinating, mysterious, and revealing tales, Harold Scheub captures the immense sweep and diversity of African mythology.
Scheub offers an unprecedented collection of 400 stories, arranged alphabetica ...


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Race, Religion, and the Continuing American Dilemma
Manufacturer: Hill & Wang



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Noted Duke religion professor C. Eric Lincoln examines the contradictions between the American religious ideals of love and brotherhood and the betrayal of those ideals by the white citizens who preach them the most, as well as the practical applications of ...

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