A Study of Eyo & Osun Osogbo Festival Performances in a Changing World

Download or read book A Study of Eyo & Osun Osogbo Festival Performances in a Changing World written by Ogunkoya Ninilola Jennifer and published by LAP Lambert Academic Publishing. This book was released on 2012 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The need to grapple with the effects of the historical events that have shaped the world people's cultures has been a frightening reality to cope with . The Africans, without doubt, daily stair back into their past with rippling emotions. From the East Africa, to the West, North and South; it has been the same labeling and blaming of the colonial masters on their several missions to the African's soil and the attendants effects- their trades, evangelism, colonialism, rebuilding exercises, modernization and the now-globalization. Today, the Africans are having mixed feelings of both bitterness and relief at the new trends in their cultures. This work may just be a window for the world to see how the old have become new