culture
Yoruba culture
The peoples and languages called Yoruba. Ifá is one institution among them, not a synonym for the whole culture.
Also known as Yorùbá
Yoruba Ifá · Yoruba culture
Yoruba culture contains Yoruba Ifá.
Ifá is an institution among Yoruba-speaking peoples. The culture is not identical with the divinatory system.
from William Bascom · Ifa Divination, 1969
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Yoruba culture · West Africa
Yoruba culture appears in West Africa.
Yoruba-speaking communities are of West Africa. Geography, not a world-spirit.
from William Bascom · Ifa Divination, 1969
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Cowrie appears in Yoruba culture.
Cowries circulate in Yoruba and neighboring economies and rites. Culture is not identical with Ifá and not identical with the Atlantic ledger.
from William Bascom · Ifa Divination, 1969; Jan Hogendorn and Marion Johnson · The Shell Money of the Slave Trade, 1986
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sources
- Ifa Divination · William Bascom
William Bascom, Ifa Divination: Communication between Gods and Men in West Africa.
- The Shell Money of the Slave Trade · Jan Hogendorn and Marion Johnson
Jan Hogendorn and Marion Johnson, The Shell Money of the Slave Trade.