Oduduwa - King of the Edos

Oduduwa - King of the Edos
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Total Pages : 236
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ISBN-10 : 1490425802
ISBN-13 : 9781490425801
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Book Synopsis Oduduwa - King of the Edos by : Jude Idada

Download or read book Oduduwa - King of the Edos written by Jude Idada and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2014-02-12 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ODUDUWA, KING OF THE EDOS is a play which explores the true identity of an ancient African King who was believed amongst numerous competing historical accounts to have come down from the heavens (skies) to found the present day Yoruba people of South Western Nigeria. It attempts to draw congruence between mythical accounts of his origin which are found in the oral traditions of the Edos of present day Mid-Western Nigeria, those of the Yorubas of Ile-Ife in particular, and Western Nigeria in general, while imagining an explanation as to the divergence in their accounts. It seeks to answer the questions: was Oduduwa a god that ruled men, the fi-rst creation of the supreme God, an exiled Edo prince or was he a mere mortal whose leadership qualities became legendary and thus exalted him to the status of the progenitor of the Yorubas? Set in the kingdoms of Igodomigodo and Ile-Ife, it journeys across time into the more recent pre-colonial Benin city and Ile-Ife, while using well rounded characters, loftily crafted language, deep cultural mores, scintillating music, dance, fast paced action and intrigue in bringing to life a captivating period in the history of the Yorubas and Edos.


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