Masquerading Politics: Kinship, Gender, and Ethnicity in a Yoruba Town

by John Thabiti Willis

Book Overview

In West Africa, especially among Yoruba people, masquerades have the power to kill enemies, appoint kings, and grant fertility. John Thabiti Willis takes a close look at masquerade traditions in the Yoruba town of Otta, exploring transformations in performers, performances, and the institutional structures in which masquerade was used to reveal ongoing changes in notions of gender, kinship, and ethnic identity. As Willis focuses on performers and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 025303146X
• ISBN13: 9780253031464
• Release Date: January 2018
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Length: 210 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 13 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Grades 8 to 12