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Gelede : art and female power among the Yoruba

by Henry Drewal, Margaret Drewal

This study provides a detailed art historical analysis of Yoruba masked festivals, analysing the symbolic, religious, and social aspects of this Sub-Saharan African aesthetic tradition.

Accession 3283 ISBN 0253205654 Publisher Indiana University Press
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