Africa's Ogun: Old World and New (Second Expanded Edition)

edited by Sandra T. Barnes, 1935- (Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 1997, originally published 1989), 413 page(s)

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Abstract / Summary: The second edition of this landmark work is enhanced by new chapters on Ogun worship in the New World. From reviews of the first edition:... an ethnographically rich contribution to the historical understanding of West African culture, as well as an exploration of the continued vitality of that culture in the changing environments of the Americas." —African Studies Review... leav[es] the reader with a sense of the vitality, dynamism, and complexity of Ogun and the cultural contexts in which he thrives.... magnificent contribution to the literature on Ogun, Yoruba culture, African religions, and the African diaspora." —International Journal of Historical Studies
Field of Interest: Black Studies
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Content Type: Book
Duration: 0 sec
Warning: Contains explicit content: No
Format: Text
Original Publication Date: 1989
Page Count: 413
Publication Year: 1997
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Place Published / Released: Bloomington, IN
Subject: Black Studies, Diversity, Religion and Belief Systems, Religious beliefs, Religião e Sistemas de Crença, Religión y Filosofía, Yoruba
Keywords and Translated Subjects: Religião e Sistemas de Crença, Religión y Filosofía