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Gẹlẹdẹ: Art and Female Power among the Yoruba

Henry John Drewal, Author ; Margaret Thompson Drewal, Author | Bloomington : Indiana University Press | 1983

"Gẹlẹdẹ masquerades, practiced by the Yoruba in homage to the extraordinary power of female forces in the cosmos, are lavish artistic performances involving carved wooden headdresses, cloth costumes, dances, songs, and drumming. The author[...]

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