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Ifa divination

communication between Gods and men in West Africa

by William Russell Bascom & William Bascom

  • First published:
  • 20th century
  • Languages: English, YOR

Description

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"The sacred texts of Ifa, repository of the accumulated wisdom of countless generations of Yoruba people, are an invaluable source not only for all students of African oral literature and Yoruba civilization, but also for future generations interested in the continuing vitality of Ifa divination and a Yoruba way of life and thought." -Henry DrewalThis landmark study of Ifa, the most important and elaborate system of divination of the Yoruba people of Nigeria, remains a monumental contribution to scholarship in anthropology, folklore, religion, philosophy, linguistics, and African and African-American studies.

Provenance

Why this book is in the catalog

Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Divination and oracles.

  • Divination and oracles

    Controlled discovery queries from openalex and openlibrary matched “divination” and “Geomancy”. Retained metadata contains “Divination” in the title, “Divination” in the description, “Divination” in the subject metadata, and 2 additional metadata match(es).

    • “divination”· via OpenAlex
    • “Geomancy”· via Open Library
    • “Divination”· in title
    • “Divination”· in description
    • “Divination”· in subject
    • “Geomancy”· in subject

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Editions

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OpenAlex scholarly book record

1991-01-01Indiana University Press; Indiana University Press eBooksEnglish—Unknown

communication between Gods and men in West Africa

Open Library record

1969Indiana U.P; Indiana University PressEnglish
  • 9780253328908
  • 025332890X
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Cataloging notes

  • Open Library reports 2 editions; this snapshot catalogs one representative edition and preserves work-level ISBN, date, and publisher aggregates.
Catalog id
openlibrary-work:OL11114379W
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