Ojise

Messenger of the Yoruba Tradition

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Imprint: Weiser Books
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Book Details

Pages

160 Pages

Size

5.5 x 8.5

Format

Trade Paperback

Pub. Date

09/01/1996

ISBN

978-0-87728-881-7

Publisher

Red Wheel Weiser

Authors

  • Author Baba Ifa Karade

    Baba Ifa Karade holds a degree in Africana studies from Rutgers University and has written a number of books about the Yoruba/Ifa culture. He has traveled to Kenya, Nigeria, the Caribbean, Brazil, Netherlands, and throughout the United States. He’s been a keynote lecturer at colleges across the United States and at Orisha conferences throughout the world.

Ojise: Messenger of the Yoruba Tradition is a journal of the daytoday activities and rituals that Karade encountered in his quest for priesthood in the Yoruba religion. Embedded in this journal are the very emotions, ideas and changes in his psycheand the healing of soul that occured on this journey. Karade explains the significance of the spiritual pilgrimage for people of all faiths.

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