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COMMON YORUBA MYTHS & SUPERSTITIONS, presents extant traditional beliefs as, cognized and practiced by Yoruba people of West Africa.
Insightful, original and visceral, this vintage collection of Yoruba myths and superstitions is, made especially for Africans in Diaspora and other cultural researchers interested in knowing about the ancient aspects of Yoruba culture that is still, observed in modern times.
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KUDAYA (Living-Wraith) is a book about supernatural entity reputed to live on as an incarnate being in a place after being concurrently affirmed as a dead person in another place. The phenomenon occupies a central place in Yoruba cultural traditions regarding reincarnation and mysterious sightings.
Alternatively referred to as "Abarameji" in Yoruba culture, this well researched monograph spotlights features and significance of the mysterious phenomenon...
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Elere-Omo (The Spirit-Child) is a monograph made to espouse an aspect of Yoruba culture relating to persons fated to have alliance with spiritual confraternity that have influence on their corporeal existence on earth.
Alternatively referred to as Abiku, Emere or Elegbe-Omo, the phenomenon of persons having predetermined ties with extra-terrestrial confraternity that exacts devotion and propitiation from the spirit-child is still extant in Africa...
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