Masquerading politics : kinship, gender, and ethnicity in a Yoruba town / John Thabiti Willis.
Material type: TextSeries: African expressive culturesPublisher: Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press, [2018]Description: 1 online resourceContent type:- text
- computer
- online resource
- 9780253031457
- 0253031451
- Yoruba (African people) -- Rites and ceremonies
- Yoruba (African people) -- Nigeria -- Otta -- History
- Otta (Nigeria) -- History
- Yoruba (African people) -- Politics and government
- Masks, Yoruba -- Nigeria -- Otta -- History
- Masquerades -- Nigeria -- Otta -- History
- Egúngún (Cult) -- Nigeria -- Otta
- Gelede (Yoruba rite) -- Nigeria -- Otta
- Yoruba (Peuple d'Afrique) -- Rites et cérémonies
- JUVENILE NONFICTION / Biography & Autobiography / General
- JUVENILE NONFICTION / Social Science / Sociology
- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural
- Egúngún (Cult)
- Gelede (Yoruba rite)
- Masks, Yoruba
- Masquerades
- Yoruba (African people)
- Yoruba (African people) -- Politics and government
- Yoruba (African people) -- Rites and ceremonies
- Nigeria -- Otta
- 305.896333 23
- DT515.45.Y67 W55 2018
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- The early history of Otta and the origins of Egungun and Gelede -- "Children" and "wives" in the politics of the Oyo empire during the era of the Atlantic slave trade -- The emergence of new warriors, wards, and masquerades : the Otta kingdom during the era of imperial collapse -- "A thing to govern the town" : gendered masquerades and the politics of the chiefs and the monarchy in the rebuilding of a town, 1848-1859 -- Wives, warriors, and masks: kinship, gender, and ethnicity in Otta, 1871-1928 -- Conclusion : Egungun and Gelede at Otta today.
In West Africa, especially among Yoruba people, masquerades have the power to kill enemies, appoint kings, and grant fertility. John Thabiti Willis takes a close look at masquerade traditions in the Yoruba town of Otta, exploring transformations in performers, performances, and the institutional structures in which masquerade was used to reveal ongoing changes in notions of gender, kinship, and ethnic identity. As Willis focuses on performers and spectators, he reveals a history of masquerade that is rich and complex. His research offers a more nuanced understanding of performance practices in Africa and their role in forging alliances, consolidating state power, incorporating immigrants, executing criminals, and projecting individual and group power on both sides of the Afro-Atlantic world.--Publisher's summary.
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