Description: "Discusses the influence of Yoruba culture on women's religious lives and leadership in religions practiced by Yoruba people, covering themes like Yoruba women in Yoruba religion, Christianity, and Islam; women in African-derived religions in the diaspora; Yoruba religion and globalization; and LGBTQ adherents of Yoruba religion."--
Brief description: Oyèrónké Oládémọ is Professor of Comparative Religious Studies, Department of Religions, University of Ilorin, Nigeria. She is the author of Women in the Yoruba Religious Sphere.
Review Quotes: "The book... concludes that Yoruba women have always made a way for themselves in spite of challenges of male domination in the religious space, and in spite of globalization and modernity, women have continued to evolve and play even increasing roles as Yoruba religion is being practiced abroad and also foreign religions are been practiced in Yorubaland."-- "Indigenous Religious Traditions"