The Black and the White

THE BLACK AND THE WHITE: THE USE OF DUALITIES IN ETULO HISTORICAL THOUGHT* BY RICHARD M. SHAIN (Towson State University, U.S.A.) Dualities, agency and the Etulo In exploring the oral tradition of the Etulo of central Nigeria, it soon becomes apparent that their reconstructions of the past are organised at least in part by dualistic principles of categorisation. On the surface, this mirrors a cleavage in Etulo between two dif- ferent types of sacral authority. To simplify a multifaceted system, Etulo government since the 18th century has mainly revolved around two sources of power, a sacral king known as the

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