Divine Inspiration: From Benin to Bahia

by Phyllis Galembo, David Bryne, Joseph Nevdomsky, et al.

Book Overview

The first section of this book contains rare photographs of traditional priests and priestesses and the shrine objects they use. Both the essay by Rosen, an ordained Olokun priestess, and Galembo's... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0826313779
• ISBN13: 9780826313775
• Release Date: January 1993
• Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
• Length: 169 Pages
• Weight: 1.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 11.4" x 11.8"

Customer Reviews

A book with moving photographs and interesting essays.

Divine Inspiration is an unusual coffee table book because the pictures do tell a thousand words, and because the text is helpful and interesting, not just filler. It is a good, respectful introduction to the Yoruba religion and its many offspring in the Americas.