Full Description
Why has the home of a Yoruba river goddess become a UNESCO World Heritage site and a global attraction? Every year, tens of thousands of people from around the world visit the sacred grove of Osun, Osogbo's guardian deity, to attend her festival. Peter Probst takes readers on a riveting journey to Osogbo. He explores the history of the Osogbo School, which helped introduce one style of African modern art to the West, and investigates its intimate connection with Osun, the role of art and religion in the changing world of Osogbo, and its prominence in the global arena.
Contents
ContentsPreface and AcknowledgmentsIntroduction: The Modernity of Heritage1 - Heritage as Source: Histories and Images of Osun Osogbo2 - Heritage as Novelty: Revitalizing Yoruba Art in the Spirit of Modernism3 - Heritage as Project: Hybridity and the Reauthentication of the Osun Grove 4 - Heritage as Style: Travel, Interaction, and the Branding of Osogbo Art5 - Heritage as Spectacle: Image and Attention in the Osun Osogbo Festival6 - Heritage as Remembrance: History, Photography and Styles of Imagination7 - Heritage as Control: From Art and Religion to Media and MediationCoda: A Final Note on Heritage as PresenceNotesBibliographyIndex
