The “Africanization” of an African Diaspora Household: Toyin Falola and the Idea of Diasporic Home-Making
This essay is an exercise in the interrogation of cultural globalization, and how the idea of transnationalism generates identity responses. The authors used the concept of home-making to examine how Toyin Falola deployed an aesthetic sensibility of African art as ideological dynamics for the perso...
Saved in:
| Main Authors: | , |
|---|---|
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
LibraryPress@UF
2021-12-01
|
| Series: | Yoruba Studies Review |
| Online Access: | https://ojs.test.flvc.org/ysr/article/view/130025 |
| Tags: |
Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
|
| _version_ | 1825206034582470656 |
|---|---|
| author | Babatunde Jaiyeoba Adeshina Afolayan |
| author_facet | Babatunde Jaiyeoba Adeshina Afolayan |
| author_sort | Babatunde Jaiyeoba |
| collection | DOAJ |
| description |
This essay is an exercise in the interrogation of cultural globalization, and how the idea of transnationalism generates identity responses. The authors used the concept of home-making to examine how Toyin Falola deployed an aesthetic sensibility of African art as ideological dynamics for the personalization of his home situated in a suburb in Austin, Texas. The Africanization agenda that the Falola house operationalized points at the critical role that interior decoration can play in African diaspora homes. The project is crucial because it undermines the homogenizing reach of globalization that dislocates the sense of identity of an average African transnational migrant. In the Falola home, we confront an assemblage of aesthetic consciousness, dynamics of Africanity, and identity construction.
|
| format | Article |
| id | doaj-art-c8689662128a4415944a3a7260f483fb |
| institution | Kabale University |
| issn | 2473-4713 2578-692X |
| language | English |
| publishDate | 2021-12-01 |
| publisher | LibraryPress@UF |
| record_format | Article |
| series | Yoruba Studies Review |
| spelling | doaj-art-c8689662128a4415944a3a7260f483fb2025-02-07T13:45:25ZengLibraryPress@UFYoruba Studies Review2473-47132578-692X2021-12-0141The “Africanization” of an African Diaspora Household: Toyin Falola and the Idea of Diasporic Home-MakingBabatunde Jaiyeoba0Adeshina Afolayan1 Obafemi Awolowo University University of Ibadan This essay is an exercise in the interrogation of cultural globalization, and how the idea of transnationalism generates identity responses. The authors used the concept of home-making to examine how Toyin Falola deployed an aesthetic sensibility of African art as ideological dynamics for the personalization of his home situated in a suburb in Austin, Texas. The Africanization agenda that the Falola house operationalized points at the critical role that interior decoration can play in African diaspora homes. The project is crucial because it undermines the homogenizing reach of globalization that dislocates the sense of identity of an average African transnational migrant. In the Falola home, we confront an assemblage of aesthetic consciousness, dynamics of Africanity, and identity construction. https://ojs.test.flvc.org/ysr/article/view/130025 |
| spellingShingle | Babatunde Jaiyeoba Adeshina Afolayan The “Africanization” of an African Diaspora Household: Toyin Falola and the Idea of Diasporic Home-Making Yoruba Studies Review |
| title | The “Africanization” of an African Diaspora Household: Toyin Falola and the Idea of Diasporic Home-Making |
| title_full | The “Africanization” of an African Diaspora Household: Toyin Falola and the Idea of Diasporic Home-Making |
| title_fullStr | The “Africanization” of an African Diaspora Household: Toyin Falola and the Idea of Diasporic Home-Making |
| title_full_unstemmed | The “Africanization” of an African Diaspora Household: Toyin Falola and the Idea of Diasporic Home-Making |
| title_short | The “Africanization” of an African Diaspora Household: Toyin Falola and the Idea of Diasporic Home-Making |
| title_sort | africanization of an african diaspora household toyin falola and the idea of diasporic home making |
| url | https://ojs.test.flvc.org/ysr/article/view/130025 |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT babatundejaiyeoba theafricanizationofanafricandiasporahouseholdtoyinfalolaandtheideaofdiasporichomemaking AT adeshinaafolayan theafricanizationofanafricandiasporahouseholdtoyinfalolaandtheideaofdiasporichomemaking AT babatundejaiyeoba africanizationofanafricandiasporahouseholdtoyinfalolaandtheideaofdiasporichomemaking AT adeshinaafolayan africanizationofanafricandiasporahouseholdtoyinfalolaandtheideaofdiasporichomemaking |