Sixteen Cowries: Yoruba Divination from Africa to the New World

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Indiana University Press, 1980 - Body, Mind & Spirit - 790 pages
Yoruba texts and English translations of a divination system that originated in Nigeria and is widely practiced today by male and female diviners in the diaspora. A landmark edition

Contents

Chapter XIII
6
Chapter XVI
12
Chapter XX
29
Appendix
774
References Cited
787
Copyright

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Sixteen Cowries: Yoruba Divination from Africa to the New World
William Russell Bascom
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Sixteen Cowries: Yoruba Divination from Africa to the New World
William W. Bascom
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Sixteen Cowries: Yoruba Divination from Africa to the New World
William Russell Bascom
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Bibliographic information

TitleSixteen Cowries: Yoruba Divination from Africa to the New World
Volume 847 of Midland Books
AuthorWilliam Russell Bascom
Editionillustrated
PublisherIndiana University Press, 1980
Original fromthe University of Michigan
Digitized22 Jun 2009
ISBN0253352800, 9780253352804
Length790 pages
Subjects ›  › 

Body, Mind & Spirit / Divination / General
Religion / Comparative Religion
Religion / Indigenous, Folk & Tribal
Social Science / Ethnic Studies / African Studies
  
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