Browsing by Subject "Yoruba"

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Alafia
(2009-12-01) Nyaphaga, Issa; Okediji, Moyo; Willmann, Travis (photographer)
On December 1, 2009 the Fine Arts Library hosted Alafia, a performance and installation in honor of World Aids Day. The performance and installation of African art was presented by Issa Nyaphaga and UT Art History professor Moyo Okediji. Alafia – which means “health” in Yoruba – focused on health matters (art and healing go hand-in-hand in African and African diasporic arts), in particular the scourge of epidemic and pandemic ailments such as AIDS, swine flu, tuberculosis and Ebola. A procession of masks was to start from the “Igbale” (or shrine) at the Warfield Center for African and African American Studies and lead to the Fine Arts Library, where the grand performance and installation took place. Although the procession did not take place due to rain, the masks were on display on the third floor of the FAL through December 8. Photos by Travis Willman. Design by Mark Doroba.
Sola Akinola Interview
(2022-08-04) Institute for Diversity & Civic Life; Department of Religious Studies
This interview is with Sola Akinola, a musician and musical instructor in Grand Prairie, TX. Sola talks about his childhood as the son of Nigerian immigrants, describing a sense of alienation from both his peers and his culture. He discusses his interests such as favorite school subjects, stories, games, and musical involvement that led to his current career. Sola shares his experiences of discrimination and racism as a Black man and first-generation American, and he describes how these experiences have impacted his relationship with and understanding of the United States. He also talks about the intersection of these aspects of his identity with his neurodivergence.
Yoruba Day
(John L. Warfield Center of African & African American Studies, 2009) John L. Warfield Center of African & African American Studies
Yoruba Diasporic Performance: The Case For a Spiritually - and Aesthetically - Based Diaspora
("Yoruba Diasporic Performance: The Case For a Spiritually - and Aesthetically - Based Diaspora" In Orisa: YORUBA GODS and Spiritual Identity in Africa and the Diaspora, edited by Toyin Falola & Ann Genova, 321-331. Trenton: Africa World Press Inc., 2005) Jones, Joni L.