Nigeria: Before Us A Savage God: Self-Fashioning The Nation In Yorùbá Performance

Nigeria: Before Us A Savage God: Self-Fashioning The Nation In Yorùbá Performance Glenn Odom, 2011   The concept of identity is in a state of evolution in Yorùbá society, and this evolution works itself out in praise poetry. This poetry is performed in a variety of contexts, and each performance context contributes something distinctive to Yorùbá modernity.   TDR; 55(2): 73 - 85

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