In Search of Ancient Kings: Egúngún in Brazil

by Brian Willson

Book Overview

The Eg ng n society is one of the least-studied and written-about aspects of African diasporic spiritual traditions. It is the society of the ancestors, the society of the dead. Its primary function is to facilitate all aspects of ancestor veneration. Though it is fundamental to Yor b culture and the Ifá/ r ṣ tradition of the Yor b , it did not survive intact in Cuba or the US during the forced migration of the Yor b in the Middle Passage...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1496834461
• ISBN13: 9781496834461
• Release Date: July 2021
• Publisher: University Press of Mississippi
• Length: 254 Pages
• Weight: 0.97 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"