Yorùbá Art and Aesthetics, 9781350476103
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Yorùbá scholars redefine their art: beauty, meaning, and cultural understanding.
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Yorùbá Art and Aesthetics

methodologies and their consequences

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    208 pages

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    6 August 2025

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Summary

Unveiling Yorùbá Art: An Indigenous Perspective

An introduction to the art and aesthetics of southwest Nigeria using the writings of Yorùbá scholars and artists who have made these subjects their special interest over the last forty years.

Barry Hallen brings together the writings of four pioneering Yorùbá thinkers who write about the art and aesthetics of their own culture: J.R.O. Ojo, Babatunde Lawal, Rowland Abiodun and Wole Soyinka. All were based at the…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781350476103
ISBN-10:1350476102
Series:Bloomsbury Introductions to World Philosophies
Author:Dr Barry Hallen
Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:Bloomsbury Academic
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:208
Release Date:6 August 2025
Weight:280g
Dimensions:214mm x 138mm x 18mm
About The Author

Dr Barry Hallen

Barry Hallen has been Reader in Philosophy, Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria; Fellow and Associate, Du Bois Institute, Harvard University; Professor of Philosophy, Morehouse College, Atlanta, Georgia. He is author of Knowledge, Belief and Witchcraft, The Good, the Bad, and the Beautiful, African Philosophy: Analytic Approach and Short History of African Philosophy.

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