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Language: en
Pages: 211
Pages: 211
Type: BOOK - Published: 2015-02-08 - Publisher: Llewellyn Worldwide
Cuban Ifá From An Insider Hidden within the mysterious Afro-Cuban religion of Santería, also known as Lucumí, there is a deep body of secrets and rituals cal
Language: en
Pages: 608
Pages: 608
Type: BOOK - Published: 1991-03-11 - Publisher: Indiana University Press
"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
Language: en
Pages: 266
Pages: 266
Type: BOOK - Published: 2004-08-23 - Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
A guide to the history, beliefs, rituals, and culture of a religious tradition that, despite persecution, suppression, and its own secretive nature, has close t
Language: en
Pages: 464
Pages: 464
Type: BOOK - Published: 2003-10-15 - Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Ever since its emergence in colonial-era Cuba, Afro-Cuban Santería (or Lucumí) has displayed a complex dynamic of continuity and change in its institutions, r
Language: en
Pages: 408
Pages: 408
Type: BOOK - Published: 1994 - Publisher: Llewellyn Worldwide
When the Yoruba of West Africa were brought to Cuba as slaves, they preserved their religious heritage by disguising their gods as Catholic saints and worshipin