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A 2 page paper which examines “The Gelede Spectacle” as it
relates to colony, republic, and empire. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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several times a year by the Yoruba of Southwestern Nigeria and the Republic of Benin, echoes of which can also be seen in Mardi Gras and Carnival. Lawal bases his
book on more than two decades of field research as well as on both published and unpublished scholarly sources" (The Gelede Spectacle: Art, Gender, and Social Harmony in African Culture,
2003). The following paper briefly examines Babatunde Lawals work as it relates to colony, republic, and empire. The Gelede Spectacle When we speak of colony we normally refer to
one culture, or one group of people existing under the control or domination of another, presumably more civilized, culture. This seems particularly relevant to Lawals work, although the work focuses
on celebration and spirituality. The messages that seem to speak to the colony, or colonization, is subtle. One critic writes the following, which clearly offers a people who have risen
above the "colony": The Yoruba say; The world is fragile.... therefore Gelede serves as means of warring with the evil of the world without killing or maiming. It is essentially
a means of passive resistance whereby love, music, laughter, dance, and other forms of merriment become the weapons of choice" In that, it is actually an "appeal to the conscience
of evildoers and potential evildoers to cultivate iwa rere and a reminder of the role that we have come to this earth to play as eniyan or humans specially selected
for the task of Ifogbontaayese (to use wisdom to remake/improve the world)" (Olasegun, 2003). As it relates to republic, this particular writer envisions that what Lawals work is all
about is these people as a republic unto themselves, despite any outward control by any colony. These people have maintained and revered their past, their culture, and their religious ideals.
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