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Masquerading Politics : kinship, Gender, and Ethnicity in a Yoruba town

John Thabiti Willis, Author | Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University press | African expressive cultures | 2018

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[...]

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