Divination and oracles

Insight and artistry in African divination

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20th century
Language: English
Content type: Fiction

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Focusing on the role of artistry in African divination rituals, this book's fifteen essays by leading scholars reveal the similarities and differences in the practices of a wide range of sub-Saharan cultures. While suggesting that a shared tradition underlies the religious and artistic expressions of the Yoruba, Luba, Chokwe, Yaka, Pende, Punu, Guro, and other peoples of the region, the contributors also document variation in words, sounds, and gestures as well as in the ritual artifacts themselves - not only from one divination system to another but also within individual communities. — -Jacket.

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Divination and oracles
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Edition	Date	Publisher	Language	ISBN	Access	Links
Harvard LibraryCloud bibliographic record viii, 209 p. : ill. (some col.), maps ; 29 cm.	c2000	Smithsonian Institution Press	English	9781560988595 9781560988847 1560988592 1560988843	Catalog record	Harvard LibraryCloud (opens in a new tab) Libris, National Library of Sweden (opens in a new tab)