Problematizing the Dominant Narrative on Women's Involvement in Igbo Masking Traditions

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ID2308990
AutoresOdoja Asogwa (0000-0003-4624-1873, University of Nigeria), George Odoh (0000-0003-2592-5678, University of Nigeria, autor correspondente)
Ano2023
Volume58
Fascículo6
Páginas922-940
Data de publicação2023-09-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoJournal of Asian and African Studies (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0021-9096 • E-ISSN: 1745-2538
EditoraSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/00219096221079333
OpenAlexW4214638791
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas1
Referências citadas26

This study examines how the lives of three women, Lọlọ Ọyịodo Eze Elugwu, Lọlọ Ọyịma Ezema, and Lọlọ Ọyima Ayọgụ from Nsukka Igbo, southeast Nigeria, challenge widespread assumptions on women's involvement in Igbo masking traditions. Although the uncommon achievements of these women do not completely dismantle existing beliefs and assumptions that view Igbo masquerade activities as the exclusive preserve of men, the study highlights how their roles as initiates of the Omabe masquerade cult, as well as their capacities to commission, own and animate masks, problematize notions of gender, power and spaces in Igbo masquerade institution. It equally opens up a critical space for interrogating women's positions and roles in Igbo masquerade institution and establishes grounds for re-appraising its essence and gendering politics

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