Recommended reading for adherents and Awos

Aboru aboye aboshishe, on being asked by a fellow Awo, I compiled this list of recommended books. I've read all of these (some better then others). This is by no means comprehensive, and I suspect I've overlooked some. Enjoy! Marcos Ifalola Sanchez

Olodumare: God in Yoruba Belief - E. Bolaji Idowu Fundamentals of the Yoruba Religion (Orisa Worship) - Chief Fama Yoruba Beliefs and Sacrificial Rites- J. Omsad Awll Practitioner's Handbook for the IFA Professional - Chief FAMA (n Adwl-Somadhi) (Awos only) Odun Ifa. Ifa Festival - Emanuel Abosede (mainly for Awos) IFA: The Key to it's Understanding - Fasina Falade (mainly for Awos) Ifa: An Exposition of Ifa Literary Corpus - Wande Abimbola (mainly for Awos) IFA Divination Poetry - Wande Abimbola (mainly for Awos) Yoruba Oral Tradition - Wande Abimbola Ifa Divination: Communication Between Gods and Men in West Africa - William Bascom Ifa: A Complete Divination - Ayo Salami (mainly for Awos) Iyere Ifa (Tonal Poetry, the Voice of Ifa) An Exposition of Yoruba Divinational Chants - Chief Ifayemi Elebuibon The Healing Power of Sacrifice - Chief Ifayemi Elebuibon (mainly for Awos) Ifism: The Complete Work of Orunmila - C. OsamaroIbie (mainly for Awos) Iwe Odu Ifa - Chief Ifayemi Awopeju Bogunmbe (for Awos) A recitation of Ifa, oracle of the Yoruba - Judith Illsley Gleason, Awotunde Aworinde (mainly for Awos) I HATE recommending anything that makes Niemark money, but this book had good translations: The Sacred IFA Oracle - Afolabi A. Epega, Philip John Neimark (mainly for Awos) Odu Ifa: The Ethical Teachings - Maulana Karenga Ewe: O uso das plantas na sociedade ioruba - Pierre Verger Orin Orisa: Songs for Selected Heads - John Mason Beads, Body, and Soul: Art and Light in the Yoruba Universe - Henry Drewal and John Mason Idana fun orisa: Cooking for selected heads - John Mason and Gary Edwards Voodoo: Mounted by the Gods - Alberto Venzago (a view of "Fa" in benin) 1000+(African) rs Yorb Names - Chief Fama Fama's Ede Awo (Orisa Yoruba Dictionary) - Chief Fama Yoruba-English/English-Yoruba Modern Practical Dictionary - Kayode J. Fakinlede Je K`A So Yoruba (Yale Language Series) - Antonia Yetunde Folarin Schleicher Yoruba Proverbs - Oyekan Owomoyela