A Reconsideration of the History and Iconology of Yorùbá Equestrian Figure through Two Ifá Verses and the Ojúde-Ọ ba Festival.
The article employs multidimensional and unconventional approaches arising from considerations of iconology, religion, orature, and socioreligious performative festivals among the Yorùbá through two Ifá Verses and the Ojúde-Ọba Festival. Topics include the historical importance of the horse as a war...
| Published in: | African Arts Vol. 55; no. 2; pp. 36 - 50 |
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MIT Press
Summer2022
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