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Paperback. Zustand: Fair. Gods and Heroes is the first volume of the Itan-Legends of the Golden Age trilogy about the thousand-year story of the Yoruba people. It starts with the establishment of Ile-Ife by Oduduwa and the great sacrifice of the heroine Moremi. The ancient gods of Yorubaland, Obatala, Orunmila, Ogun, and Olokun all play their part, as well as the great heroes and heroines of antiquity-Oranmiyan, Sango, Oya, Oba Esigie of Benin, and Obanta of Ijebuland. The author uses the genre of the historical novel in a refreshing and imaginative fashion to present the whole tableau of Yoruba history. The result is a vast and rich panorama enlivened with traditional myths and legends seen through the eyes of a single Yoruba family and the Old Woman, the fabled storyteller. …

Zustand: New. In English.

Zustand: New. In English.

Zustand: New. In English.

Zustand: New. In English.

Zustand: New. In English.

Zustand: New. In English.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A TIME OF TROUBLES descends on Yorubaland. Set in motion by the collapseof the old Oyo Empire, a hundred years of discord unfolds. It is a timeof mayhem, social upheaval and slave raids as the Yoruba city-states are tornapart by fratricidal war. Warlords such as Oluyole, Ogunmola, Kurunmi andOgedengbe, with their 'war-boys,' achieve power and infamy in their varioustheaters of war from Owu and Ijaiye to Kiriji. Caught up in the chaos are theauthor's forebears, the Warrior from Ife, his son Solesi, the war-boy who cameback home from capture and exile, and Baba Mamu who, tiring of war, takessolace in his cocoa farm. The story culminates in the bloody defeat of the Ijebusat Imagbon and the imposition of British rule over Yorubaland.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Gods and Heroes is the first volume of the Itan-Legends of the Golden Age trilogy about the thousand-year story of the Yoruba people. It starts with the establishment of Ile-Ife by Oduduwa and the great sacrifice of the heroine Moremi. The ancient gods of Yorubaland, Obatala, Orunmila, Ogun, and Olokun all play their part, as well as the great heroes and heroines of antiquity-Oranmiyan, Sango, Oya, Oba Esigie of Benin, and Obanta of Ijebuland. The author uses the genre of the historical novel in a refreshing and imaginative fashion to present the whole tableau of Yoruba history. The result is a vast and rich panorama enlivened with traditional myths and legends seen through the eyes of a single Yoruba family and the Old Woman, the fabled storyteller. …

Gebunden. Zustand: New. &Uumlber den AutorOladele Olusanya was born in Ibadan, Nigeria. Educated at the University of Ibadan medical school, the United Kingdom and the United States, he is an accomplished artist, poet, music enthusiast and a passionate advocat.

Gebunden. Zustand: New. &Uumlber den AutorOladele Olusanya was born in Ibadan, Nigeria. Educated at the University of Ibadan medical school, the United Kingdom, and the United States, he is an accomplished artist, poet, music enthusiast, and a passionate advoc.

Gebunden. Zustand: New. &Uumlber den AutorOladele Olusanya was born in Ibadan, Nigeria to Yoruba parents. Educated at the University of Ibadan medical school, the United Kingdom and the United States, he is an accomplished artist, poet, music enthusiast and a .

Zustand: Hervorragend. Zustand: Hervorragend | Seiten: 384 | Sprache: Englisch | Produktart: Bücher | A TIME OF TROUBLES descends on Yorubaland. Set in motion by the collapse of the old Oyo Empire, a hundred years of discord unfolds. It is a time of mayhem, social upheaval and slave raids as the Yoruba city-states are torn apart by fratricidal war. Warlords such as Oluyole, Ogunmola, Kurunmi and Ogedengbe, with their 'war-boys,' achieve power and infamy in their various theaters of war from Owu and Ijaiye to Kiriji. Caught up in the chaos are the author's forebears, the Warrior from Ife, his son Solesi, the war-boy who came back home from capture and exile, and Baba Mamu who, tiring of war, takes solace in his cocoa farm. The story culminates in the bloody defeat of the Ijebus at Imagbon and the imposition of British rule over Yorubaland.…