Yoruba Ritual: Performers, Play, Agency

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BA VAL PERFORMERS, PLAY, AGENCY MARGARET THOMPSON DREWAL INDIANA UNIVERSITY PRESS Bloomington and Indianapolis This book is a publication of Indiana University Press 601 North Morton Street Bloomington, IN 47404,3797 USA http://www.indiana.edu/-iupress Telephone orders 800,842~6796 Fax OTders 812,855,7931 Orders by e,mail iuporder@indiana.edu The Northwestern University Research Grants Committee has provided partial support for the publication of this book. Indiana University Press gratefully acknowledges this assistance.© 1992 by Margaret Thompson Drewal All rights reserved No part of this book may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. The Association of American University Presses' Resolution on Permissions constitutes the only exception to this prohibition. The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information Sciences-Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39,48,1984. Manufactured in the United States of America Library of Congress Cataloging,in,Publication Data Drewal, Margaret Thompson. Yoruba ritual: performers, play, agency I Margaret Thompson Drewal. p. cm.-(African systems of thought) Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index. ISBN 0,253,31817,3 (cloth).-ISBN 0,253,20684,7 (paper) 1. Yoruba (African people)-Rites and ceremonies. 2. Yoruba (African people)-Folklore. 3. Rites and ceremonies-Nigeria. 4. Folklore-Nigeria-Performance. I. Title. II. Series. DT515,45.Y67D75 1992 398.2'08996333-dc20 91,8414 4 5 6 7 8 9 05 04 03 02 01 00 ...