The Yoruba-Speaking Peoples of the Slave Coast of West Africa

Record summary

A. B. Ellis’s study of Yoruba-speaking peoples discusses cosmology, deities, ritual, oral traditions, and natural phenomena, including Shango, thunder, lightning, and sacred fire imagery. The lead is relevant for comparing luminous motifs with political authority, drumming, sacrifice, and religious specialists in West Africa. Because the original research predates the requested period while later editions circulated within it, researchers should record the edition actually consulted. Ellis’s racialized evolutionary framework and reliance on interpreters make later Yoruba-language and historical scholarship essential.