Bascom, William Russell, 1912-
Contributed to
ff62Ifa Divination
Ifa Divinationarticle 1942
ff62The Yoruba of Southwestern Nigeria
The Yoruba of Southwestern NigeriaBook 1969
ff62The sanctions of Ifa divination
The sanctions of Ifa divinationarticle 1941
ff62The principle of seniority in the social structure of the Yoruba
The principle of seniority in the social structure of the Yorubaarticle 1942
ff62Yoruba food
Yoruba foodarticle 1951
- Summary
- William R. Bascom was an award-winning American folklorist, anthropologist, and museum director. He was a specialist in the art and culture of West Africa and the African Diaspora, especially the Yoruba of Nigeria. Wikipedia
- Gender or Sex
- Male [1]VIAF[2]Deutsche Nationalbibliothek (Germany)[3]Bibliothèque nationale de France[4]Wikidata[5]Library of Congress
- Born
- 1912-05-23 [2]Deutsche Nationalbibliothek (Germany)[4]Wikidata
- Birth Place
- Princeton (Illinois, États-Unis) [3]Bibliothèque nationale de France
- Princeton [4]Wikidata
- Died
- 1981-09-11 [2]Deutsche Nationalbibliothek (Germany)[4]Wikidata
- Death Place
- San Francisco (Californie, États-Unis) [3]Bibliothèque nationale de France
- Country
- United States [2]Deutsche Nationalbibliothek (Germany)
- Language
- English [3]Bibliothèque nationale de France
- Occupation
- anthropologist [4]Wikidata
- curator [4]Wikidata
- Profession
- Anthropologe [2]Deutsche Nationalbibliothek (Germany)
- Employer
- University of California, Berkeley [4]Wikidata
- University of Cambridge [4]Wikidata
- Educated at
- University of Wisconsin–Madison [4]Wikidata
- Northwestern University [4]Wikidata
- Country of Education
- United States [4]Wikidata
- Encyclopædia Britannica
- Biography [4]Wikidata
- Yale LUX
- Entity [4]Wikidata
- American National Biography
- Biography (requires subscription) [4]Wikidata
- Sources
- 1. VIAF
- 2. Deutsche Nationalbibliothek (Germany)
- 3. Bibliothèque nationale de France
- 4. Wikidata
- 5. Library of Congress
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