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Yoruba diaspora retentions — Brazilian Candomblé orisha alignment

The Yoruba religious system — the *orisha* pantheon, the divination practices centered on Ifá, the cosmology that links *ori* (the personal head/destiny) to *àse* (the vital force) to …

2 min read · Atlantic, Yoruba diaspora · 23 views