Ifá Will Mend Our Broken World: Thoughts on Yoruba Religion and Culture in Africa and the Diaspora
- ISBN-10
- 0965973905
- ISBN-13
- 9780965973908
- Category
- Africa
- Pages
- 210
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1997
- Publisher
- iroko academic publishers
- Author
- ʼWande Abimbọla
Description
The Yorùbá people make use of a lot of chickens in their sacrifices . Why is it that the chicken is used ? The chicken accompanied the divinities from heaven to earth . She was the one who scratched the soil which the divinities brought ...
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