Oduduwa's Chain: Locations of Culture in the Yoruba-Atlantic
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Yoruba culture has been a part of the Americas for centuries, brought from Africa during the transatlantic slave trade and maintained in various forms ever since. In Oduduwa’s Chain, Andrew Apter explores a wide range of fascinating historical and ethnographic examples and offers a provocative rethinking of African heritage in Black Atlantic Studies.
Focusing on Yoruba history and culture in Nigeria, Apter applies a generative model of cultural revision that allows him to identify formative Yoruba influences without resorting to the idea that culture and tradition are fixed. For example, Apter shows how the association of A
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Manufacturer: University of Chicago Press
Release date: 29 November 2017
ISBN-10 : 022650641X | ISBN-13: 9780226506418
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Release date: 29 November 2017
ISBN-10 : 022650641X | ISBN-13: 9780226506418
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