Hail Orisha!

Hail Orisha!
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Publisher : BRILL
Total Pages : 600
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ISBN-10 : 9004109420
ISBN-13 : 9789004109421
Rating : 4/5 (421 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Hail Orisha! by : Peter Rutherford McKenzie

Download or read book Hail Orisha! written by Peter Rutherford McKenzie and published by BRILL. This book was released on 1997-01-01 with total page 600 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Informed by the documentation of journals and letters of the time, this book offers a detailed view of the day-to-day religion and life of "orisha" worshippers in West Africa around the mid-nineteenth century, before the advent of colonial rule.


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