Recovering the African Feminine Divine explores the range of original and syncretic practices that reclaim the African feminine divine. This collection captures the presence and essential characteristics of African spiritual practice and epistemologies in literature, film, contemporary public conversations, and contemporary cultural practices.
Recovering the African Feminine Divine explores the range of original and syncretic practices that reclaim the African feminine divine. This collection captures the presence and essential characteristics of African spiritual practice and epistemologies in literature, film, contemporary public conversations, and contemporary cultural practices.
Dr. LaJuan Simpson-Wilkey is interim department chair for the department of social work and human services at Kennesaw State University. Dr. Sheila Smith McKoy is provost and vice president for academic affairs at Holy Names University. Eric Bridges is professor of psychology at Clayton State University.
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Table of Contents Introduction - Ifakayode Faniyi, Eric Bridges, Sheila Smith McKoy, and LaJuan Simpson-Wilkey Yemonja: Definitions and Practice Chapter 1 The Opulent Mother: A Brief Discussion of Yemonja and her Worship in Yorùbáland -Eric M. Bridges Chapter 2 Yemonja and The Dark Waters of the Subconscious: Reflections on an Africana Archetype - Tarell Kyles Chapter 3 Iyemonja, Omi Jori: Our Mother, Leader of the Waters - Iya Osundamisi Fafunke Chapter 4 Yemonja Braidings in Obeah Practices in the Anglophone Caribbean - Sandra Gonsalves-Domond Chapter 5 What does it mean to be a traditional priestess? Interrogating Women's Engagement with the Divine - Grace Sintim Adasi Yemonja: Literature, Media, Film Chapter 6 Yemonja/Yemoja/Yemaya Rising: The Feminine Divine in Music, Fiction, and Media - Sheila Smith McKoy Chapter 7 The Water of the Womb: The Unseen Power of Yemonja in James Baldwin's If Beale Street Could Talk - Michael Lindsay Chapter 8 Spirit, Passion and Sufferance: Articulations of Yemoja through Janie Crawford in Their Eyes Were Watching God and Velma Henry in The Salt Eaters - Khalilah Ali Chapter 9 A Small Piece of Blue Fabric: Manifestations of Yemonja as a Site of Generational Healing in Phyllis Alesia Perry's Stigmata - Griselda Thomas Chapter 10 Glimpses of Yemaya from Literary and Cultural Foremothers - Leah Creque
Table of Contents Introduction - Ifakayode Faniyi, Eric Bridges, Sheila Smith McKoy, and LaJuan Simpson-Wilkey Yemonja: Definitions and Practice Chapter 1 The Opulent Mother: A Brief Discussion of Yemonja and her Worship in Yorùbáland -Eric M. Bridges Chapter 2 Yemonja and The Dark Waters of the Subconscious: Reflections on an Africana Archetype - Tarell Kyles Chapter 3 Iyemonja, Omi Jori: Our Mother, Leader of the Waters - Iya Osundamisi Fafunke Chapter 4 Yemonja Braidings in Obeah Practices in the Anglophone Caribbean - Sandra Gonsalves-Domond Chapter 5 What does it mean to be a traditional priestess? Interrogating Women's Engagement with the Divine - Grace Sintim Adasi Yemonja: Literature, Media, Film Chapter 6 Yemonja/Yemoja/Yemaya Rising: The Feminine Divine in Music, Fiction, and Media - Sheila Smith McKoy Chapter 7 The Water of the Womb: The Unseen Power of Yemonja in James Baldwin's If Beale Street Could Talk - Michael Lindsay Chapter 8 Spirit, Passion and Sufferance: Articulations of Yemoja through Janie Crawford in Their Eyes Were Watching God and Velma Henry in The Salt Eaters - Khalilah Ali Chapter 9 A Small Piece of Blue Fabric: Manifestations of Yemonja as a Site of Generational Healing in Phyllis Alesia Perry's Stigmata - Griselda Thomas Chapter 10 Glimpses of Yemaya from Literary and Cultural Foremothers - Leah Creque
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