E M Mcclelland
Biographic Data
| ID | 98725 |
|---|---|
| NAME | E M Mcclelland |
| GIVEN NAMES | E M |
| FAMILY NAME | Mcclelland |
| SIGNATURE | MCCLELLAND E M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Ibadan |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1966 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1982 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Yoruba Beaded Crowns: Sacred Regalia of the Olokuku of Okuku
Sidelights on Universal Benevolence, 1789-1820
The impact of European habits and customs on the culture and structure of society of undeveloped peoples, particularly those of countries affected by the slave trade, has been the subject of intensive study by historians and sociologists. In fiction too, it has provided popular material at all levels. Now, young writers in Africa, South America and the West Indies are beginning to write on the subject to make their own experience coherent and sig…
Two Studies of Ifa Divination
Opening ParagraphTo the Yoruba, divination is of great concern, as the means by which they discover and hope to influence the changes in their relationships with the gods and ancestors and other spirits in their complex cosmos, and so to gain their aid in their pursuit of health and good fortune. They employ a number of divinatory techniques. The one that yields the fullest information is the system of geomancy known as Ifa, for which there are t…
The Experiment in Communal Living at Aiyetoro
The Company of the Apostles at Aiyetoro is a settlement unique in Nigeria. It is a prosperous community with a high standard of living and excellent amenities. Its reserves of capital, or rather cash, are obviously very large indeed. The people look healthy and content. Their way of life is wholly communal and they claim that it is based on the precepts of the early Christian Apostles. The varying views expressed about it by visitors have contrib…
Two Studies of Ifa Divination
Opening ParagraphTo the Yoruba, divination is of great concern, as the means by which they discover and hope to influence the changes in their relationships with the gods and ancestors and other spirits in their complex cosmos, and so to gain their aid in their pursuit of health and good fortune. They employ a number of divinatory techniques. The one that yields the fullest information is the system of geomancy known as Ifa, for which there are t…
Two Studies of Ifa Divination
Opening ParagraphTo the Yoruba, divination is of great concern, as the means by which they discover and hope to influence the changes in their relationships with the gods and ancestors and other spirits in their complex cosmos, and so to gain their aid in their pursuit of health and good fortune. They employ a number of divinatory techniques. The one that yields the fullest information is the system of geomancy known as Ifa, for which there are t…
The Experiment in Communal Living at Aiyetoro
The Company of the Apostles at Aiyetoro is a settlement unique in Nigeria. It is a prosperous community with a high standard of living and excellent amenities. Its reserves of capital, or rather cash, are obviously very large indeed. The people look healthy and content. Their way of life is wholly communal and they claim that it is based on the precepts of the early Christian Apostles. The varying views expressed about it by visitors have contrib…
Sidelights on Universal Benevolence, 1789-1820
The impact of European habits and customs on the culture and structure of society of undeveloped peoples, particularly those of countries affected by the slave trade, has been the subject of intensive study by historians and sociologists. In fiction too, it has provided popular material at all levels. Now, young writers in Africa, South America and the West Indies are beginning to write on the subject to make their own experience coherent and sig…
Yoruba Beaded Crowns: Sacred Regalia of the Olokuku of Okuku
Philosophy (4 works) · Art (2 works) · History (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Linguistics (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Yoruba (2 works) · African history and culture analysis (1 works)