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Table of Contents Summary | ||
Abbreviations | ||
List of Photographs | ||
Foreword | ||
Preface | ||
Acknowledgements | ||
Introduction | ||
The Bini and the Yoruba | 1 | |
Patterns of Ideal Relationship Among Bini and Yoruba Kinsmen | 7 | |
Views of the Bini and Yoruba Youths on Human Personality: Essays on the "Ideal Husband" and the "Ideal Wife" | 13 | |
Bini and Yoruba Metaphysical Beliefs | 23 | |
Cosmologies Compared | 26 | |
Reincarnation in the Bini and Yoruba World Views | 33 | |
The Ancestors: Edion Ebho, Ara-Orun | 38 | |
Bini Responses to the Fear of Death | 41 | |
Yoruba Responses to the Fear of Death | 45 | |
Bini and Yoruba Divinities as Epitomes of Human Characteristics | 55 | |
The Orisha-nla/Ogun Polarity in Yoruba Belief System | 60 | |
The Orunmila/Esu Partnership in Yoruba Belief Systems | 69 | |
Olokun, Ogun, Ogiuwu in Bini Belief System | 76 | |
Conclusion | 80 | |
Preamble | 87 | |
The Qualities of the Good Person Among the Bini and the Yoruba | 87 | |
Kindness: Itohan, Inurere | 88 | |
Truthfulness: Enwata/Isotito | 96 | |
Diplomacy as a Pre-requisite Human Characteristic in the Yoruba and the Bini | 102 | |
Bravery: Udinwin/Agbara | 111 | |
Respect for Seniority: Ekpen/Iteriba | 116 | |
Conclusion: The Art of Restritio Mentis (Dissembling) | 119 | |
Bini and Yoruba Notions of the Human Personality | 125 | |
Bini Notions of Individual Destiny | 127 | |
Yoruba Notions of Individual Destiny | 132 | |
The Physical Seat of the Various Aspects of the Personality | 141 | |
Yoruba Ideas of the Physical Parts of Personality | 147 | |
The Bini and Yoruba Notions of Conception | 150 | |
Conclusion | 156 | |
A case study of Papa David Adepoju A. Adeniyi: Life History as A Chronological Document | 161 | |
Family Background | 161 | |
The 1918 Influenza Epidemic (Lukuluku) and the Local Understanding for Its Cause | 164 | |
I Entered into Debt-bondage (mo singba) | 167 | |
I Became a Christian | 168 | |
I Became a Man | 170 | |
I Became Secretary to the King of Iwo and Representative of U.A.C. | 171 | |
Involvement in Research | 173 | |
Pa Adeniji's Opinions on Yoruba Personality and Human Characteristics | 174 | |
Bini and Yoruba Women: Female Role in Patrilineal Societies | ||
Introducing the Paradox | 179 | |
Bini Marriage: Irhioha | 181 | |
A | Marriage Types | 181 |
B | The Marriage Process | 186 |
The Olokun Ritual and the Status of Bini Women | 194 | |
Yoruba Marital Procedure | 201 | |
The "Go Between" (Alarena) | 202 | |
Gelede Masked Ritual Dance and Yoruba Women's Prominence | 208 | |
A | The Gelede Cult Group | 209 |
Conclusion: Iwa (Good Character) | 215 | |
Social Change and the Self | 225 | |
The Two Publics and the Human Personality | 228 | |
Cultural Symbols and Social Engineering | 236 | |
Archetypal Cultural Symbols | 238 | |
Bibliography | 245 | |
Appendix | 269 | |
Index | 275 |
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