Review: Women in Yoruba Religions, by Oyèrónké Oládémọ

Book Review| August 01 2023 Review: Women in Yoruba Religions, by Oyèrónké Oládémọ Women in Yoruba Religions. By Oyèrónké Oládémọ. New York University Press, 2022. 201 pages. 89. 00 hardcover; 24. 00 softcover; ebook available. Toyin Falola Toyin Falola University of Texas Austin Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Nova Religio (2023) 27 (1): 134–136. https: //doi. org/10. 1525/nr. 2023. 27. 1. 134 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures Review: Women in Yoruba Religions, by Oyèrónké Oládémọ. Nova Religio 1 August 2023; 27 (1): 134–136. doi: https: //doi. org/10. 1525/nr. 2023. 27. 1. 134 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentNova Religio Search In Women in Yoruba Religions, Oyèrónké Oládémọ covers a range of important questions that are pivotal to understanding Africa, gender in Africa, African religion, colonial influence, and decolonial studies. How did colonialism influence the gender dynamics in Africa? How did Africans interpret masculinity and femininity prior to the introduction of the Western and Arabian religions? What do religious codes say about women? How much did colonialism (and the corresponding religious paradigms) influence the indigenous religion and spirituality of Africans? The book is divided into thematically relevant subdiscourses that provide a logically consistent perspective of the evolution of gender dynamics and religious practices in the Yoruba culture as they intertwine to define the African sociocultural paradigm. Topics include an introduction to gender dynamics in precolonial Yorubaland, an introduction to Yoruba religious history, and an analysis of the evolution of Yoruba indigenous history—including major defining points like globalization and colonialism. The book. . . You do not currently have access to this content.