Osun across the Waters A Yoruba Goddess in Africa and the Americas

Author/creator Murphy, Joseph M., 1951- Editor
Other author Sanford, Mei-Mei Editor
Format Electronic
Publication InfoBloomington : Indiana University Press
Description288 p. ill 09.250 x 06.125 in.
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Summary Annotation <p>&Atilde;&#146;sun is a brilliant deity whose imagery and worldwide devotion demand broad and deep scholarly reflection. Contributors to the ground-breaking Africa's Ogun, edited by Sandra Barnes (Indiana University Press, 1997), explored the complex nature of Ogun, the orisa who transforms life through iron and technology. &Atilde;&#146;sun across the Waters continues this exploration of Yoruba religion by documenting &Atilde;&#146;sun religion. &Atilde;&#146;sun presents a dynamic example of the resilience and renewed importance of traditional Yoruba images in negotiating spiritual experience, social identity, and political power in contemporary Africa and the African diaspora.</p><p><br />The 17 contributors to &Atilde;&#146;sun across the Waters delineate the special dimensions of &Atilde;&#146;sun religion as it appears through multiple disciplines in multiple cultural contexts. Tracing the extent of &Atilde;&#146;sun traditions takes us across the waters and back again. &Atilde;&#146;sun traditions continue to grow and change as they flow and return from their sources in Africa and the Americas.<br /></p>
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ISBN9780253339195
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