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Originally published in hardcover in 1998. In this introductory volume, Baba Ifa Karade provides an easily understandable overview of the Yoruba religion. He describes 16 orisha and...
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In this signal work in Brazilian anthropology and African diaspora studies, Dantas compares the formation of religious traditions and ethnic... If there was a Santeria Bible, it might begin like this: "Olodumare created the world--a huge swamp filled with animals--where the orishas...
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