Mari Silva. 2022. 110 pages ***** excellent The Yoruba are found in present day Nigeria, Benin and Togo in West Africa. This comprehensive and well researched bookis the ultimate guide to Ifa, a system of Yoruba religion and divination. Ifa posits that all that is–living, dead, and yet to be materialized–is one. Discusses the sixteenContinue reading “Ifa”
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Yoruba mythology
2022 **** Good This book brings together west African folk tales from the Yoruba and Hausa of Nigeria to thr Jobo of Liberia and more. Some of these stiried are on themes found in stories worldwide, such as the Cinderella story, the cleverness and courage of women, reward and punishment. Others pertaining to west AfricanContinue reading “Yoruba mythology”