Yoruba Studies Review 5.1.1, Fall 2020: Special Edition on D.A. Obasa
Contents
Yoruba Studies Review 5.1.1, Fall 2020: Special Edition on D.A. Obasa
Essays
D. A. Ọbasá: The Man and the Significance of his Cultural Activism
Adekemi Agnes Taiwo 1
Poetic Exploration of Obasa’s Prolegomenous Poetry
Duro Adeleke 19
Didacticism and Philosophical Tenets in Ọbasa’s Poetry
Arinpe Adejumo 63
The Yorùbá Social Values in Ọbasá’s Poetry
Saudat Adebisi Olayide Hamzat & Hezekiah Olufemi Adeodun 87
Portrayal of Social Vices in Obasa’s Poetry
Abiodun Oluwafemi Daniel 107
Poetic Utterances and Socio-Political Commitment in Ọbasa’s Poems
Lere Adeyemi 121
Yorùbá Ethics of Interpersonal Relations in Ọbasá’s Poetry
Ayodele Solomon Oyewale 143
Thematic Preoccupations of D. A. Ọbasá and Ṣóbọ̀ Aróbíodù on Religion and
Colonialism
Iyabode Baliquis Alaga & Luqman Abisola Kiaribee 159
Representation of Women in Obasa’s Poetry
Ayoola Oladunnke Aransi & Hakeem Olawale 183
Serialization of Ọbasa’s Poems in The Yorùbá Newspaper
Tolulope Ibikunle 197
The Form and Content of Ọbasa’s Weekly Newspaper: The Yorùbá News
Clement Adeniyi Akangbe 213
The Yoruba News as a Political Tool and Avenue for Cultural Revival
Abidemi Bolarinwa 241
A Critical Assessment of Editorial Opinions in The Yoruba News
Taiwo Olunlade 257
A Comparative Study of The Yoruba News and Aláròyé
Adefemi Akinseloyin 267
From the Archives
Language and Style in Obasa’s Poetry
Afolabi Olabimtan 281
Research Notes
About the Name Yoruba
Stephen Banji Akintoye 303
The 1886 Peace Treaty and Imperative Lessons of Yoruba National Unity
Stephen Banji Akintoye 311
Reviews
The Laws and Customs of the Yorùbá People by E.A. Ajisafe Moore (Undated,
M. A. Ola Fola Bookshops, Abeokuta, Nigeria. 87 pages.
Akinloye Ojo and Kingsley Opia-Enwemuche 319
Interview
Conversation with Oladejo Okediji: Lítíréṣọ̀ Àpilẹ̀kọ Yorùbá Látijọ́ àti Lóde-oní.
Segun Soetan 325
Yorùbá Studies Review (YSR)
The Yorùbá Studies Review is a refereed biannual journal dedicated to the study of the experience of the Yorùbá peoples and their descendants globally. The journal covers all aspects of the Yorùbá transnational, national, and regional presence, both in their West Africa’s homeland and in diasporic spaces, past and present. The journal embraces all disciplines in the humanities, social sciences, and the basic /applied sciences in as much as the focus is on the Yorùbá affairs and the intersections with other communities and practices worldwide. The journal will foster and encourage interdisciplinary and cross-disciplinary approaches dealing with a wide range of theoretical and applied topics including, but not limited to: cultural production, identities, religion, arts and aesthetics, history, language, knowledge system, philosophy, gender, media, popular culture, education and pedagogy, politics, business, economic issues, social policy, migration, geography and landscape, environment, health, technology, and sustainability.
Editors
Tóyìn Fálọlá, Department of History, The University of Texas at Austin.
Akíntúndé Akínyẹmí, Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, University of Florida, Gainesville
Àrìnpé G. Adéjùmọ̀, Department of Linguistics and African Languages, University of Ibadan, Nigeria.
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