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- catalog abstract ""Yoruba Sacred Kingship explores the creation and transmission of political memory and authority, focusing on the tradition of kingship in the Igbomina Yoruba town of Ila Orangun in southwestern Nigeria - a "crowned town" that traces it lineage to the ancient city of Ile Ife." "Drawing on two decades of research and interviews with civic and religious leaders, the authors argue that oral traditions, rituals, and festivals are not ahistorical but rather preserve, transmit, and shape social norms and historical identity. Yoruba oral histories and praise songs of both royal and nonroyal houses contain a cluster of memories that reinforce the sociopolitical traditions of the area. These complex memories, at times conflicting and subversive, reflect the fabric of history, with all its loose threads and contradictory tones. Examining the structure of enthronement rites and the cycle of annual festivals in which a king participates, the authors show that these rituals serve both as public acknowledgment of underlying doubts about the town's moral basis, and as affirmation that the crown's wearer possesses "a power like that of the gods.""--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b9995064.
- catalog contributor b9995065.
- catalog coverage "Ila Orangun (Nigeria) Social life and customs.".
- catalog created "c1996.".
- catalog date "1996".
- catalog date "c1996.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1996.".
- catalog description ""Yoruba Sacred Kingship explores the creation and transmission of political memory and authority, focusing on the tradition of kingship in the Igbomina Yoruba town of Ila Orangun in southwestern Nigeria - a "crowned town" that traces it lineage to the ancient city of Ile Ife." "Drawing on two decades of research and interviews with civic and religious leaders, the authors argue that oral traditions, rituals, and festivals are not ahistorical but rather preserve, transmit, and shape social norms and historical identity. Yoruba oral histories and praise songs of both royal and nonroyal houses contain a cluster of memories that reinforce the sociopolitical traditions of the area. These complex memories, at times conflicting and subversive, reflect the fabric of history, with all its loose threads and contradictory tones. Examining the structure of enthronement rites and the cycle of annual festivals in which a king participates, the authors show that these rituals serve both as public acknowledgment of underlying doubts about the town's moral basis, and as affirmation that the crown's wearer possesses "a power like that of the gods.""--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog extent "xi, 252 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Yoruba sacred kingship.".
- catalog identifier "156098631X (alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Yoruba sacred kingship.".
- catalog issued "1996".
- catalog issued "c1996.".
- catalog language "eng yor".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Washington : Smithsonian Institution Press,".
- catalog relation "Yoruba sacred kingship.".
- catalog spatial "Ila Orangun (Nigeria) Social life and customs.".
- catalog spatial "Nigeria Ila Orangun.".
- catalog subject "966.9/2301 20".
- catalog subject "Chiefdoms Nigeria Ila Orangun.".
- catalog subject "DT515.45.I34 P45 1996".
- catalog subject "Festivals Nigeria Ila Orangun.".
- catalog subject "Igbona (African people) Folklore.".
- catalog subject "Igbona (African people) Kings and rulers.".
- catalog subject "Igbona (African people) Rites and ceremonies.".
- catalog title "Yoruba sacred kingship : "a power like that of the gods" / John Pemberton III and Funso S. Afọlayan.".
- catalog type "text".