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Format	Hardback
Published	June 20, 2016
ISBN-13	9780253021335
Language	English
Pages	386
Illustrations	2 maps, 15 tables
Height	11.00 Inches (US)
Width	8.50 Inches (US)
Unit weight	2.56 Pounds (US)
List Prices	$120.00 USD, £94.00 GBP
ONIX	v2.1 Reference

Format	Paperback / softback
Published	June 20, 2016
ISBN-13	9780253021441
Language	English
Pages	386
Illustrations	2 maps, 15 tables
Height	11.00 Inches (US)
Width	8.50 Inches (US)
Unit weight	1.91 Pounds (US)
List Prices	$50.00 USD, £39.00 GBP
ONIX	v2.1 Reference

Encyclopedia of the Yoruba

Name: Encyclopedia of the Yoruba
Price: 120.00 USD
Availability: InStock
ISBN: 9780253021335

Edited by Toyin Falola and Akintunde Akinyemi

Indiana University Press

The Yoruba people today number more than 30 million strong, with significant numbers in the United States, Nigeria, Europe, and Brazil. This landmark reference work emphasizes Yoruba history, geography and demography, language and linguistics, literature, philosophy, religion, and art. The 285 entries include biographies of prominent Yoruba figures, artists, and authors; the histories of political institutions; and the impact of technology and media, urban living, and contemporary culture on Yoruba people worldwide. Written by Yoruba experts on all continents, this encyclopedia provides comprehensive background to the global Yoruba and their distinctive and vibrant history and culture.

About the Authors

Toyin Falola is Jacob and Frances Sanger Mossiker Chair in the Humanities and Distinguished Teaching Professor at the University of Texas at Austin. He is author of Colonialism and Violence in Nigeria (IUP) and editor (with Matt D. Childs) of The Yoruba Diaspora in the Atlantic World (IUP).

Akintunde Akinyemi is Professor in the Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures and affiliate faculty at the Center for African Studies at the University of Florida. He is author of Orature and Yoruba Riddles and Yoruba Royal Poetry: A Socio-Historical Exposition and Annotated Translation.

Reviews

"Readers unfamiliar with the Yoruba will find the introduction a concise and valuable overview of their language and its dialects, recent history, mythology and religion, and diaspora movements. . . . Highly recommended."—Choice

Publisher	Indiana University Press
BISAC Subject Headings	REFERENCE / Encyclopedias (7 Titles)
BIC Subject Headings	General encyclopaedias (8 Titles)

Format	Hardback
Published	June 20, 2016
ISBN-13	9780253021335
Language	English
Pages	386
Illustrations	2 maps, 15 tables
Height	11.00 Inches (US)
Width	8.50 Inches (US)
Unit weight	2.56 Pounds (US)
List Prices	$120.00 USD, £94.00 GBP
ONIX	v2.1 Reference

Format	Paperback / softback
Published	June 20, 2016
ISBN-13	9780253021441
Language	English
Pages	386
Illustrations	2 maps, 15 tables
Height	11.00 Inches (US)
Width	8.50 Inches (US)
Unit weight	1.91 Pounds (US)
List Prices	$50.00 USD, £39.00 GBP
ONIX	v2.1 Reference

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386 Pages

$120.00 USD

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386 Pages

$50.00 USD

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Other Titles by Toyin Falola

African Refugees

Toyin Falola, Olajumoke Yacob-Haliso

Jan 2023 - Indiana University Press

$50.00 USD - Hardback

Igbo in the Atlantic World

African Origins and Diasporic Destinations

edited by Toyin Falola, Raphael Chijioke Njoku, with contributions by John K. Thornton, Kenneth Morgan, A.E. Afigbo, Gloria Chuku, Nwando Achebe, Hannah N. Eby Chukwu, Gendolyn Midlo Hall, Paul E. Lovejoy, Douglas B. Chambers, Chima J....

Sep 2016 - Indiana University Press

$75.00 USD - Hardback

Teaching Africa

A Guide for the 21st-Century Classroom

edited by Brandon D. Lundy, Solomon Negash, with contributions by Jean Ngoya Kidula, Toyin Falola, James Ellison, Jeanine Ntihirageza, Durene Wheeler, Kathleen R. Smythe, Todd Cleveland, Babacar M'Baye, Harry Nii Koney Odamtten, Jennife...

May 2013 - Indiana University Press

$85.00 USD - Hardback

$30.00 USD - Paperback / softback

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Ifá Divination, Knowledge, Power, and Performance

edited by Jacob K. Olupona, Rowland O. Abiodun, OtherLisanne Norman, with contributions by Adélékè Adéèkó, Akintunde Akinyemi, Andrew Apter, Barry Hallen, Bolaji Campbell, Henry John Drewal, Ifaboyede McElwaine Abimbola, Akinwumi Isola,...

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