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AKUDAYA (Living-Wraith) is a book about supernatural entity reputed to live on as an incarnate being in a place after being concurrently affirmed as a dead person in another place. The phenomenon occupies a central place in Yoruba cultural traditions regarding reincarnation and mysterious sightings. Alternatively referred to as "Abarameji" in Yoruba culture, this well researched monograph spotlights features and significance of the mysterious phenomenon that affects awe and fear amongst Yoruba people and wherever its variant is found in the global culture.
If all my thoughts can be captured, then I will be a photographer, if all that I see in this world is as straight forward, then I will live a simple life, if I understand all that I heard and all the thoughts coming in and out of my head, then I won't be a poet. This is a collection of poems that most people can relate to about everyday life events - love, life, death, animals, family amongst others. These poems are as fictional and factual, and hence complex, a glimpse into my life and yours.
Anthropology is the study of all humans in all times in all places. But it is so much more than that. "Anthropology requires strength, valor, and courage," Nancy Scheper-Hughes noted. "Pierre Bourdieu called anthropology a combat sport, an extreme sport as well as a tough and rigorous discipline. ... It teaches students not to be afraid of getting one's hands dirty, to get down in the dirt, and to commit yourself, body and mind. Susan Sontag called anthropology a "heroic" profession." What is the payoff for this heroic journey? You will find ideas that can carry you across rivers of doubt and over mountains of fear to find the the light and life of places forgotten. Real anthropology cannot be contained in a book. You have to go out and feel the world's jagged edges, wipe its dust from your brow, and at times, leave your blood in its soil. In this unique book, Dr. Michael Wesch shares many of his own adventures of being an anthropologist and what the science of human beings can tell us about the art of being human. This special first draft edition is a loose framework for more and more complete future chapters and writings. It serves as a companion to anth101.com, a free and open resource for instructors of cultural anthropology. This 2018 text is a revision of the "first draft edition" from 2017 and includes 7 new chapters.
'ỌLỌ́BÙN: Matriarch Of Ondo, Mother Of Legacy' is a captivating play set against the backdrop of the 15th century. The story immerses the audience in the dramatic events surrounding the birth of twins to Alaafin Oluaso and his Olori. In an era where twins were perceived as abominations and subjected to immediate execution, Alaafin Oluaso faces a heart-wrenching dilemma. Unable to order the demise of his own flesh and blood, Alaafin seeks an alternative through consultation with Ifa, the oracle. Ifa proposes a solution: exile the twins and their mother from Oyo. But the deity poses a profound question - will they be allowed to survive? The narrative unfolds into a journey fifilled with death, adventure, hope, politics, supernatural influences, and the birth of an unshakable legacy that is the great Ondo Kingdom we recognise today. Olobun is proof of the indomitable nature of legacy born from destiny.
Contextualizing Eschatology in African Cultural and Religious Beliefs addresses the African consciousness and nuances of eschatological beliefs as part and parcel of the holistic African Indigenous worldviews within the context of the people's traditional heritage. The concept of eschatology is usually explained from the perspective of "endtimes" in relation to either the human individual or the cosmos. Within these contexts, the primary interests, particularly with regard to human eschatology, have centred on the questions of death, afterlife, immortality, destiny, judgment, reward and punishment, and the final destination or eternal "home" of humans. This book explores the characteristic nature, the modes, the process as well as the dynamics associated with the various features culminating the functional expression of the "reality" of eschatological beliefs demonstrated in varied but fundamentally the same subject matter of practices among different African ethnic groups. It also discusses the influences of other religious traditions, particularly Christianity and Islam, on contemporary African eschatological thoughts and their attendant consequences. This book will be of interest to students and scholars of African studies, eschatology, religious studies, and the philosophy of religion.
Abeke and her husband Soga wanted a child but this became an impossible dream when every child born to the couple died before the age of five. Heart broken and and resigned to fate and neighbours' insults, Abeke did not expect much of her last child Efuseewo. But Efuseewo lived and survived even after her parents died before she was fully adult
These eight brutally beautiful stories are struck full of fragmented dreams, with highly developed thieves, misadventurers, and displaced characters all heaving through a human struggle to anchor themselves in a new home or sometimes a new reality. This book is about young Nigerian immigrants who bilocate, trek through the desert, become temporary Mormons, sneak through Russia, and yearn for new life in strange new territories that force them to confront what it means to search for a connection far from home. Japa and Other Stories came out of a struggle Iheoma Nwachukwu faced when trying to orient himself in the United States of 2017 to 2021, when attitudes toward immigrants suddenly shifted. The Japa characters explored in this book are immigrants who have no plans to return to their home country—for voluntary reasons—although they retain a strong connection to home.