The Gẹ̀lẹ̀dé spectacle : art, gender, and social harmony in an African culture /

Gelede is a popular community festival of masquerade, dance, and song, held several times a year by the Yoruba of Southwestern Nigeria and the Republic of Benin, echoes of which can also be seen in Mardi Gras and Carnival. Lawal bases his book on more than two decades of field research as well as on...

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Main Author:	Lawal, Babatunde, 1942-
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Seattle : University of Washington Press, c1996 Seattle ; London : c1996 Seattle : [1996]
Subjects:	Dance > Yoruba Folk dancing, Yoruba Gelede (Yoruba rite) Gelede (Yourba rite) Masks, Yoruba Women, Yoruba > Rites and ceremonies Yoruba (African people) > Social life and customs Women, Yoruba Yoruba (African people) > Rites and ceremonies

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