Research Catalog

Title

Èṣù : Yoruba god, power, and the imaginative frontiers / edited by Toyin Falola.

Publication

Durham, N.C. : Carolina Academic Press, c2013.

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Details

Additional Authors

Falola, Toyin.

Description

xxiii, 392 p. : ill. (some col.); 26 cm.

Series Statement

African world series

Uniform Title

Carolina Academic Press African world series.

Subject

• Esu (Afro-Caribbean deity)
• Yoruba (African people) > Religion

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Èsù : the god without boundaries / Toyin Falola -- Religious and spiritual forces: The place of Èsù in the Yorùbá pantheon / Allison Sellers and Joel E. Tishken. Èṣù Ẹḷégbara in Yorùbá spiritual and religious discourse / Olúbáyò Oládimeji Adékólá. Èṣù: the phenomenon of existence / Segun Ogungbemi. Èṣù, determinism, and evil in Yoruba religion / Danoye Oguntola-Laguda. Èṣù and the problem of evil / Benson Igboin. Ire and Ibi : Èṣù and the philosophical problem of evil / Fayemi Ademola Kazeem. Èṣù and liminality in Yoruba thought system : a leadership perspective / John Ayotunde (Tunde) Isola Bewaji. Convergence and spirituality : Èṣù in Lagos / dele jegede. Èṣù : personal testimonies by a priest and religious leader / H.E. Iyalawo Oloye Aina Olomo -- Modernity, representations and imaginations: Èṣù at the transatlantic crossroads : locations of crossing over / Solimar Otero. Beguiling Eshu : motion and commotion in London / Martin Tsang. Èxù Elegbara and Prometheusis / Moyo Okediji. As a playground of Èṣù / Yomi Ola. (W)rapped in illusion: the hip-hop emcee as trickster / Halifu Osumare. Ritual satire : Èṣù-Elegbara and the Yoruba dramatic imagination / Femi Euba. Countering misrepresentation of Èṣù in fiction : a reading of the novels of D. O. Fagunwa / Lérè Adéyemi. Èṣù má ṣe mí, ọmọ ẹlòmíì ni o ṣe : a religious principle for ethical living / Michael O. Afọláyan. The penis, the pen, and the praise : Èṣù, the seminal force of African American life, literature, and lyrics / Teresa N. Washington.

Call Number

Sc F 14-61

ISBN

• 9781611632224 (alk. paper)
• 1611632226 (alk. paper)

LCCN

• 2013007020
• 40022647443

OCLC

828724078

Title

Èṣù : Yoruba god, power, and the imaginative frontiers / edited by Toyin Falola.

Imprint

Durham, N.C. : Carolina Academic Press, c2013.

Series

African world series

Carolina Academic Press African world series.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Added Author

Falola, Toyin.

Other Standard Identifier

40022647443

Research Call Number

Sc F 14-61