TY  - GEN
T1  - Ifa divination : communication between gods and men in West Africa
A1  - Bascom, William Russell, 1912-1981
LA  - English
LA  - Yoruba
PP  - Bloomington, Ind.
PB  - Indiana University Press
YR  - 1969
UL  - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/jstor_eba_ocm44958041
AB  - ""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 a
OP  - 575
NO  - Includes "The verses of Ifa [Yoruba text with English translation]."
CN  - BF1779.I4 B3
SN  - 9780253114655
SN  - 0253114659
SN  - 9780253206381
SN  - 9780253328908
SN  - 0585137935
SN  - 9780585137933
SN  - 025332890X
SN  - 0253206383
KW  - Ifa.
KW  - Geomancy : Africa, West.
KW  - Yoruba (African people) : Religion.
KW  - Geomancy.
KW  - Géomancie.
KW  - Yorubas : Religion.
KW  - Géomancie : Afrique occidentale.
KW  - Yoruba (Peuple d'Afrique) : Religion.
KW  - geomancy.
KW  - BODY, MIND & SPIRIT : Divination : Fortune Telling.
KW  - BODY, MIND & SPIRIT : Prophecy.
KW  - BODY, MIND & SPIRIT : Divination : General.
KW  - RELIGION : General.
KW  - Geomancy
KW  - Ifa (Religion)
KW  - Yoruba (African people) : Religion
KW  - West Africa
ER  -