The Yoruba-speaking peoples of the Slave Coast of West Africa, Selections from

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LibriVox recording of The Yoruba-speaking peoples of the Slave Coast of West Africa, Selections from by Alfred Burdon Ellis. Read in English by Faith Abiola-Ellison. British Army officer and ethnographer AB Ellis was known for his writings on West Africa. His final publication takes an anthropological magnifying glass to the lives of Yoruba peoples in west Africa. The book’s subtitle reads: " their religion, manners, customs, laws, language, etc : with an appendix containing a comparison of the Tshi, Gã, Ęwe, and Yoruba languages". The following recording is selected readings from his fifteen chapters: Chief Gods, Measurements of Time, Ceremonies at Birth, Marriage and Death and Conclusions. (Summary by Faith Abíọ́lá-Ellison) For further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats (if available), please go to the LibriVox catalog page for this recording. For more free audio books or to become a volunteer reader, visit librivox.org . M4B Audiobook (90MB)

Directors & creators

Alfred Burdon Ellis

Subjects

librivox; audiobooks;19th century; west africa; yoruba; orisha; british ethnography

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