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Sixteen cowries : Yoruba divination from Africa to the New World / William Bascom.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bascom, William R., 1912-1981.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Yoruba (African people)--Religion.
- Yoruba (African people).
- Divination--Nigeria.
- Divination.
- Black people--Latin America--Religion.
- Black people.
- Cowries.
- Religion.
- Latin America.
- Nigeria.
- Physical Description:
- 790 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Bloomington : Indiana University Press, [1980]
- Summary:
- ..". a landmark in research of African oral traditions." --African Arts -- ..". a significant contribution to theunderstanding of Yoruba religious belief, magic, and art." -- Journal ofReligion in Africa -- Yoruba texts and English translations of adivination system that originated in Nigeria and is widely practiced today by maleand female diviners in the diaspora. A landmark edition.
- Notes:
- Bibliography: pages 787-790.
- ISBN:
- 0253352800
- OCLC:
- 4496566
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