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Gender Issues in Gẹ̀lẹ̀dẹ̀ Ritual Masks, Songs and Dance: Their Implications for Social Harmony and Family Stability
$10.00Gender Issues in Gẹ̀lẹ̀dẹ̀ Ritual Masks, Songs and Dance: Their
Implications for Social Harmony and Family StabilityBy
ỌLÁLẸ́YÉ Samuel Káyọ̀dé, PhD,
Department of Religious Studies,
University of Ìbàdàn̩, Ìbàdàn̩, Ọ̀yọ́ State, Nigeria
E-mail: [email protected]
Phone: 08036777305
and“yelàdé “lúfikáyọ̀Kúnlé PhD,
Chapel of the Resurrection,University of Ìbàdàn, Ìbàdàn, Ọ̀yọ́ State, Nigeria
E-mail: [email protected]
Phone: +2348057078889&bstract
Gender relation and Peace building in Africa begin from individual
homes, communities and religious cults. Cults exist throughout the
world and there is nowhere the feminine tentacles do not reach in any
of these cults especially in Yorùbá society where various cults such as
Égúngún, Orò, Ọ̀ pá and Gè̀lè̀dẹ̀ are in operation. Gè̀lè̀dẹ̀, which is the
focus of this paper, is a public display by colourful masks of the Yorùbá
society that combines ritual dance and art to educate, correct social
behaviours, inspire worship, celebrate the power and spiritual
capacity of ancestral mothers (àwọn ìyá wa) and deities of the
community by imploring them to use their extraordinary powers for
the happiness of the society. It is an appeal to forces in the world
through the aesthetic power of masks, costumes, music and dance with
a view to shaping the society for the benefit of all since Gè̀lè̀dẹ̀ festival
promotes social harmony. It involves men, women, old as well as the
young. However, the number of female involved is larger than that of
the male members. Yet, the kind of love, respect and harmony that exist
among male and female members of the cult is unparalleled. One may
then ask, despite the fact that African continent is predominantly
patriarchal, how has the cult been able to ensure gender harmony?
Can this be emulated by every family in African society that could
propel peace building? This is what this paper tried to achieve. Twenty -
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LIST OF CONTRIBUTORSAkinwumi Ogundiran : University of North Carolina, Charlotte, United
State of America.
Babajide Olusoji Ololajulo: Department of Archaeology and
Anthropology, University of Ibadan, Nigeria.
Orijemie Emuobosa Akpo: Department of Archaeology and Anthropology,
University of Ibadan, Nigeria.
Kola Adekola: Department of Archaeology and Anthropology,
University of Ibadan, Nigeria.
Olatomiwa K. Sarumoh and David Aremu Department of Archaeology
and Anthropology, University of Ibadan.
Adeola Adeitan Lameed, Francesca Chinyere Ukpokolo and David A. Aremu:
Department of Sustainability Studies, University of Ibadan and Department of
Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Ibadan.TABLE OF CONTENT
Akinwumi Ogundiran: Postcolonial Ordeal and the Emancipatory
Potentials of Archaeology/Anthropology Education in Nigeria.
Babajide Olusoji Ololajulo: Oke Afa memorial arcade and the burden
of remembrance in Nigeria. Department of Archaeology and Anthropology
University of Ibadan.
Orijemie Emuobosa Akpo: The Archaeobotanical and Palaeoecological Legacy
of ‘garden-based’ Agroforestry in the African Rainforest
Kola Adekola: An Insight to 50 years of Archaeological Research in Nigeria
Olatomiwa K. Sarumoh and David Aremu: Ethnographic Study of Drum
Making and its Significance among the People of Oyo.
Adeola Adeitan Lameed, Francesca Chinyere Ukpokolo and David A. Aremu: Àgbélé
Symbol and the Branding of ÌyámòpóMountain in Ìgbẹ́tìfor Heritage Tourism.Waja Volume 52(2)
LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS
Kola Adekola: Department of Archaeology and Anthropology
University of Ibadan
Ruivo Ferreira Burmann, André Luiz: Goethe University in Frankfurt am
Main/Germany.
Kyazike Elizabeth: Department of History and Political Science, Kyambogo
University.
David Akwasi Mensah Abrampah and Mark Henry Freeman: Department of Archaeology andHeritage Studies University of Ghana and Cirrus Oil Company, Ghana.
ỌLÁLE Ỵ́ Ẹ Samuel Káyo ḍ́ é and Oyelàdé Olúfikáyo
̣́Kúnlé: Department of Religious
Studies, University of Ìbàdàn̩ , Ìbàdàn̩ , Òỵ ó
̣State, Nigeria; Chapel of the Resurrection,
University of Ibadan, Nigeria.
Monica O. Aneni: Department of Classics, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria.
Daniel Kenechukwu Chidiogo 1Ibeanu Anselm Maduabuchi and 1Eze-Uzomaka
Pamela: Department of Archaeology and Tourism, University of Nigeria, Nsukka
