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Yoruba-speaking peoples in Dahomeyarticle 1947 • Parrinder, Edward Geoffrey
Yoruba • Africa > Western Africa
This is a discussion of the distribution of Yoruba groups in Dahomey by a Methodist Missionary Society member who spent ten years in French West Africa, chiefly in Dahomey. The author is a recognized authority on West African religion. Included are d...Theistic beliefs of the Yoruba and Ewe peoples of West Africaessay 1950 • Parrinder, Edward Geoffrey
Yoruba • Africa > Western Africa
In this article, Parrinder discusses the polytheistic beliefs of the Yoruba and Ewe and their neighbors. An analysis is made of the nature and attributes of the supreme God worshiped by these peoples as well as their general attitude toward the world...