Truth beyond doubt: Ifá oracles in Havana

HAU: Journal of Ethnographic Theory

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 81-109

  Holbraad, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cuba; Divination; If ; Motility; Ontography; Truth

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899769249     PISSN: 20491115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14318/hau2.1.006     Document Type: Article

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