Black Critics and Kings

MAPS
1. The Oyo Empire, c. 1780
2. The Ibadan Empire, 1874
3. Daniel May's Journey Through Ayede
4. The Kingdom of Ayede, c. 1878
FIGURES
2.1 A Model for the Are Generation-Set System
2.2 Generational Seniority in the Are System
2.3 Centralized Recruitment to the Orisha Ojuna Cult in Ayede
2.4 Devolution of Yemoja Cult Offices
2.5 Kinship and Affinity in Ayede's Yemoja Cult Pantheon
3.1 Dynasic Succession in Ayede
7.1 Popular Depiction of a Capricious Bush Spirit
PLATES
1,2. Beaded Olukun Crowns of Ayede and Iye
3. The àta of Ayede's Ritual Representative
4. Carrying Fire for Orisha Ojuna
5. Yemoja's Sacred Calabash
6. iyá Sngó Predicting for the Town
7. òsun in the Yemoja Festival
8. The àta During the King's Sacrifice
9. Yemoja Priestess Emerging from the Bush
10, 11. The àta Embodying the Powers of Yemoja's Calabash
12. Orisha Iyagba Masqueraders from Ipao
13. A Wife of the Balógun aàfin
14. The àta Returning from Orisha Ojuna's Shrine
15. The àwòrò of Orisha Olua
16, 17. Sacrifice to Ogun
18. Orisha Ojuna Priestesses Concluding their Festival