Author: Ebenezer Aiku Sheba
ISBN No: 1-919799-81-8
Cost: 205.20
Yor?b? art includes rich masquerade traditions. Those which have received scholastic attention are Eg?ng?n masquerades among the ?y?-Yor?b?; G?l?d? among South-Western Yor?b? peoples in Nigeria and Benin; ?gunnuk? masquerades found in Lagos and ?g?n States; ?y? masquerades found in Lagos and environs; and the Agemo of the Ijebu people of South-Eastern Yor?b?land. Others are the ?j?b?-Yor?b? masquerade cult of ?gb? or ?k?n?, and the Epa masquerades among the ?k?t? and ?gb?m?n? Yor?b?. The ?k?l? too have their own masquerade traditions, which have not been studied by art scholars. This work focuses on the masquerade traditions of the ?k?l?-Yor?b? and their associated art objects.
ISBN No: 1-919799-81-8
Cost: 205.20
Yor?b? art includes rich masquerade traditions. Those which have received scholastic attention are Eg?ng?n masquerades among the ?y?-Yor?b?; G?l?d? among South-Western Yor?b? peoples in Nigeria and Benin; ?gunnuk? masquerades found in Lagos and ?g?n States; ?y? masquerades found in Lagos and environs; and the Agemo of the Ijebu people of South-Eastern Yor?b?land. Others are the ?j?b?-Yor?b? masquerade cult of ?gb? or ?k?n?, and the Epa masquerades among the ?k?t? and ?gb?m?n? Yor?b?. The ?k?l? too have their own masquerade traditions, which have not been studied by art scholars. This work focuses on the masquerade traditions of the ?k?l?-Yor?b? and their associated art objects.
