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Between authenticity and nostalgia: the making of a Yoruba tradition in southern Benin.(Report)
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December 22, 2008|
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This paper discusses the changing status of a Yoruba ancestor cult in the region of Abomey (southern Benin), what the evolution of this cult says about relations with the past, and the entwinement of the construction of a feeling of "Yoruba authenticity" with nostalgia. Through this, I will show how social actors can relate to the past in non-monolithic ways, dividing it between parts of themselves.
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