The YORÙBÁ, A New History

Description

The deep-time history of the Yorùbá is the subject of this book. It is an account of (1) the experiences and events that shaped the long-term history of the ancestral Yorùbá people; (2) the generative actions that they used to translate their experiences into new practices or traditions; and (3) the principles and values that made life meaningful for them between ca. 300 BC and AD 1840. Based on new questions, evidence, and conceptual frameworks, this book offers the opportunity to rethink Yorùbá history in new ways. Cover Title Page Copyright Dedication Contents List of Illustrations List of Tables Preface Acknowledgments Part I | Introduction 1 | Writing a New History Part II | Birth of the Yorùbá Community of Practice, ca. 300 BC–AD 1420 2 | The Emergence of a House Society 3 | Knowledge Capital and Referentiality Part III | Atrophy and Regeneration, ca. 1400–1650 4 | Atrophy 5 | Regeneration and Restoration Part IV | Atlantic Entanglements, 1630–1840 6 | Merchant Capital Revolution 7 | Sociality of Merchant Capital 8 | Perennial Inequality 9 | A House Divided Part V | Conclusion 10 | The Past in the Present Appendix 1 Appendix 2 Notes on Orthography and Glossary of Yorùbá Words Bibliography Index