Wole Soyinka: An Introduction to His WritingGarland, 1986 - 339 pagina's |
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Pagina 97
... gods in the Yoruba pantheon . Orisa - nla was supposed to have been the first and only deity . His slave- god , Atunda , jealously rolled a boulder on the back of his unsuspecting master and shattered him into fragments , each of which ...
... gods in the Yoruba pantheon . Orisa - nla was supposed to have been the first and only deity . His slave- god , Atunda , jealously rolled a boulder on the back of his unsuspecting master and shattered him into fragments , each of which ...
Pagina 303
... gods retain the importance ascribed to them in their home grounds , but those that survive in the Ameri- cas have lost that position assigned in the popular imagi- nation . In Brazil , for example , the Yoruba god Obatala is known as ...
... gods retain the importance ascribed to them in their home grounds , but those that survive in the Ameri- cas have lost that position assigned in the popular imagi- nation . In Brazil , for example , the Yoruba god Obatala is known as ...
Pagina 304
... gods assert their humanity . They dine , drink wine , and chat with men and are prone to human foibles and weaknesses . In Zora Zeljan's play , on the other hand , The Story of Oxala , the African gods are transcendental deities ...
... gods assert their humanity . They dine , drink wine , and chat with men and are prone to human foibles and weaknesses . In Zora Zeljan's play , on the other hand , The Story of Oxala , the African gods are transcendental deities ...
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