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What the forest told me : Yoruba hunter, culture and narrative performance / Ayo Adeduntan

Author
Adeduntan, Ayo
Published
Grahamstown, South Africa : NISC (Pty) Ltd, 2019.
Edition
NISC first edition.
Physical Description
1 online resource (xv, 138 pages) : illustrations
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Summary
Studies of Yoruba culture and performance tend to focus mainly on standardised forms of performance, and ignore the more prevalent performance culture which is central to everyday life. What the Forest Told Me conveys the elastic nature of African cultural expression through narratives of the Yoruba hunters' exploits. Hunters' narratives provide a window on the Yoruba understanding and explanation of their world; a cosmology that negates the anthropocentric view of creation. In a very literal sense, man, in this peculiar world, is an equal actor with animal and nature spirits with whom he constantly contests and negotiates space.
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9781920033439 (electronic bk.)
1920033432
9781920033422 (electronic bk.)
1920033424 (electronic bk.)
1920033416
9781920033415
Note
"Originally published in 2014 by Unisa Press, South Africa"--Title page verso
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 125-132) and index.
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