Bøger af William W. Bascom
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276,95 kr. Includes essays devoted to traditional narratives found in Africa and in the New World.
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- 276,95 kr.
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- Yoruba Divination from Africa to the New World
622,95 kr. ... a landmark in research of African oral traditions."e;-African Arts... a significant contribution to the understanding of Yoruba religious belief, magic, and art."e; -Journal of Religion in AfricaYoruba 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.
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- 622,95 kr.
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- Communication between Gods and Men in West Africa
506,95 kr. 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."e; -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.
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- 506,95 kr.