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The Yoruba God of Drumming
As one of the salient forces in the ritual life of those who worship the pre-Christian and Muslim deities called orishas, the Yorùbá god of drumming, known as Àyàn in Africa and Añá in Cuba, is variously described as the orisha of drumming, the spirit of the wood, or the more obscure Yorùbá praise name AsòròIgi (Wood That Talks). With the growing global importance of orisha religion and music, the consequence of this deity's power for devotees continually reveals itself in new constellations of meaning as a sacred drum of Nigeria and Cuba finds new diasporas. Despite the growing volume of literature about the orishas, surprisingly little has been published about the ubiquitous Yor...
Hand of Ifa
One of the first steps to Ifa is getting a Hand Of Ifa. It’s reception marks a turning point where an individual begins to line up with their destiny, While a hand of Ifa is not a full initiation to Ifa, it is an advanced step beyond general interest and before you Initiate fully. Many practitioners at this level find themselves lost, not quite being a beginner and not an initiate either. A book like this has never been done specifically for practitioners at this level. It is a guide for people who have received a hand of ifa, gone through an Isefa ceremony, intend to initiate to Ifa, and also for people who are initiated but have had little instructions on how to manage and work with thei...
Tales of Yoruba Gods and Heroes
"Myths, legends and heroic tales of the Yoruba people of West Africa"--Cover subtitle.
Ngũgĩ Wa Thiongʼo & Wole Soyinka
Directors and collaborators assess and comment on the production of plays by West Africa's Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka and East Africa's most influential author Ngugi wa Thiong'o. Wole Soyinka and Ngugi wa Thiong'o are the pre-eminent playwrights of West and East Africa respectively and their work has been hugely influential across the continent. This volume features directors' experiences of recent productions of their plays, the voices of actors and collaborators who have worked with the playwrights, and also provides a digest of their theatrical output. Contributors provide new readings of Ngugi and Soyinka's classic texts, and astimulating new approach for students of English, Theatre an...
The Global God
A global Christian manifesto in which contributors examine attributes of God--the ones that are most understood in today's culture and the ones that need to be more fully apprehended.
Nigerian Studies
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SÍNTESIS DE LOS ODU DE IFA "EDICIÓN BÍBLICA"
Esta cuarta edición que le hemos llamado “Edición Bíblica”, al igual que las anteriores, es una compilación de información sobre los tratados de los Odu de Ifá. Se trata pues, de una nueva presentación en la que se ha añadido otras importantes definiciones, donde incluso, se brinda más elementos y conocimientos sobre aspectos teológicos, al mismo tiempo que, se amplía la base material de estudio para facilitar una mejor comprensión de sus textos. Este libro no sólo es un compendio del resultado de la mezcla de las tendencias del Ifá tradicional y el Ifá afro cubano (porque en definitivas Ifá es uno solo y es para todos, Orunmila no quiere divisiones ni separaciones entre ...
