regionWest AfricaPlacesThe Atlantic coast and hinterland of West Africa. Ifá, cowrie currency, and later Atlantic trade meet here without becoming one story.West AfricaAtlantic trade appears in West Africa.The trade’s African shore is West Africa. Cowrie money is one instrument of that traffic.from Jan Hogendorn and Marion Johnson · The Shell Money of the Slave Trade, 1986appears in · sourced · documentedYoruba culture · West AfricaYoruba culture appears in West Africa.Yoruba-speaking communities are of West Africa. Geography, not a world-spirit.from William Bascom · Ifa Divination, 1969appears in · sourced · documentedsourcesThe Shell Money of the Slave Trade · Jan Hogendorn and Marion JohnsonJan Hogendorn and Marion Johnson, The Shell Money of the Slave Trade.Ifa Divination · William BascomWilliam Bascom, Ifa Divination: Communication between Gods and Men in West Africa.