ISBN:
9781009049634
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (xix, 513 Seiten)
Series Statement:
African identities: past and present
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
305.896/333
Keywords:
Yoruba (African people) / Material culture
;
Yoruba (African people) / Archives
;
Yoruba (African people) / Historiography
;
Material culture / Africa, Sub-Saharan
;
Ethnology / Africa, Sub-Saharan / Authorship
;
Decolonization / Africa, Sub-Saharan
;
Postkolonialismus
;
Lokales Wissen
;
Eurozentrismus
;
Yoruba
;
Autoethnografie
;
Africa, Sub-Saharan / Historiography
;
Afrika
;
Afrika
;
Yoruba
;
Lokales Wissen
;
Postkolonialismus
;
Eurozentrismus
;
Autoethnografie
Abstract:
Addressing the consequences of European slavery, colonialism, and neo-colonialism on African history, knowledge and its institutions, this innovative book applies autoethnography to the understanding of African knowledge systems. Considering the 'Self' and Yoruba Being (the individual and the collective) in the context of the African decolonial project, Falola strips away Eurocentric influences and interruptions from African epistemology. Avoiding colonial archival sources, it grounds itself in alternative archives created by memory, spoken words, images and photographs to look at the themes of politics, culture, nation, ethnicity, satire, poetics, magic, myth, metaphor, sculpture, textiles, hair and gender. Vividly illustrated in colour, it uses diverse and novel methods to access an African way of knowing. Exploring the different ways that a society understands and presents itself, this book highlights convergence, enmeshing private and public data to provide a comprehensive understanding of society, public consciousness, and cultural identity
Description / Table of Contents:
Prologue: My archive -- Autoethnography and epistemic liberation -- Narrative politics and cultural ideologies -- Memory, magic, myth, and metaphor -- A poetological narration of the nation -- A poetological narration of the self -- Satire and society -- Narrative politics and the politics of narrative -- Sculpture as archive -- Textiles as texts -- Canvas and archiving ethnic reality -- Hair art and the women agency -- Photography and ethnography -- Self, collective, and collection
DOI:
10.1017/9781009049634
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URL:
https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009049634
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