Ifa Divination
Communication between Gods and Men in West Africa
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2513017 |
|---|---|
| Authors | William A Lessa, William Bascom |
| Year | 1970 |
| Volume | 9 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 330 |
| Publication date | 1970-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0021-8294 • E-ISSN: 1468-5906 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/1384581 |
| OpenAlex | W1981609630 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 86 |
Ancient history · Art · Divination · Ethnology · Geography · Literature · African history and culture analysis · African history and culture studies · Global Maritime and Colonial Histories · History
Cadernos nagô. A antropologia reversa do Alapini Paulo Braz Ifamuide
Se a Terra É De Caboclo, Vovó, Por Quê É Que Precisamos Pisar Devagar
A casa de Airá - criação e transformação das casas de culto nagô
Composição, improviso e variação. A escrita dos Recados de Ifá
Fundamental Code of Natural Laws in Ifa Divination as Agents of Morality for Good Governance in Nigeria
Meaning without intention
Uma fotografia do sutil
Orunmila needs a new house
Um estudo etno-estilístico de narrativas míticas de candomblés Quetu baianos
Mounting the Poyto
Witchcraft, riches and roulette
African Christianity in the History of Religions
The problem of gerontocracy in Africa
The Irruption of Trance in Contemporary Yoruba Theatre
Spirit-Writing and the Development of Chinese Cults
Talking Through the Chest
Ifa and me
The way coca “speaks”
The multiple calculi of meaning
Some features of language use in Yoruba traditional medicine
L’efficacité des passions
Divination ? Vous avez dit « divination
La Cité des hommes
Health and the holy in African and Afro-American spirit possession
Writing on the Wall
The method of training traditional healers and midwives among the yoruba of Nigeria
The traditional Yorùbá conception of a meaningful life
Ifá divination as an exercise in deconstructionism
Indigenous counselling techniques among the Yoruba and Igala people of Nigeria
The Bullroarer Cult in Cuba
Havana & Matanzas, Cuba, ca. 1957
Santeria as a mental health care system
Spending Power
Psychiatric Perspectives in Africa. Part II
Akiwowo, Orature and Divination
Quotation in the Constitution of Yor b Oral Texts
Mules and Men and Messiahs
An Approach to Kuranko Divination
Malinowski's Contributions to the Study of Folklore
Divination as a Way of Knowing
The western psychic as diviner
Re-Africanization in Secondary Religious Diasporas
Chronic Illness, Spirituality, and Healing
Credit, Currencies, and Culture
Truth beyond doubt
Transnational Yoruba revivalism and the diasporic politics of heritage
Divination
Èdè Àyàn
The Relevance of the Practice of Ifá Divination in Ola Rotimi’s The Gods are not to Blame
“Forget the rest …”
Finding Meaning in the Text
Expending Multiplicity
Antiwitchcraft Shrines among the Akan
Èjìwàpò
The Iconography of Asante Sword Ornaments
Willie Cole's Africa Remix
Ancestors and Elders
Affecting Architecture of the Yoruba
Beyond Expertise
Without Women, Nothing Can Succeed
Èṣù and ethics in the Yorùbá world view
The god of smallpox
The Living Dead
Vernacular historiography and self-translation in early colonial Nigeria
An Exploration into Soteriology in Ifa
Slavery, Memory and Religion in Southeastern Ghana, c. 1850–Present
Charms of the Cynical Reason
Divining Slavery and Freedom
Orí
The Trickster as Selfish-Buffoon and Culture Hero
A King or A Priest in the City of 201 Gods
Histories of Errancy
Oral Literature, Aesthetic Transfer, and Social Vision in Two Yoruba Video Films
From g n to Othello
Schooling, Language, and Knowledge in Literate and Nonliterate Societies
De la cosmologie à la rationalisation de la vie sociale
Il était une fois les Yoruba
Divination
Interpreting the fantastic
Présentation
Colonial Politics and Precolonial History
The Study of Yoruba Religious Tradition in Historical Perspective
Professor Garfinkel Visits the Soothsayers
Regional and Historical Connections of Four-Tablet Divination in Southern Africa
Locating Nganiyo
Transformation in African Verbal Art
| Unique citing works | 86 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,72 |
| Citation span | 1976 - 2024 (49) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 44 |