The Yoruba God of Drumming: Transatlantic Perspectives on the Wood That Talks

The Yoruba God of Drumming: Transatlantic Perspectives on the Wood That TalksAs one of the salient forces in the ritual life of those who worship the pre Christian and Muslim deities called orishas, the Yorb god of drumming, known as yn in Africa and A in Cuba, is variously described as the orisha of drumming, the spirit of the wood, or the more obscure Yorb praise name AsrIgi (Wood That Talks). With the growing global importance of orisha religion and music, the consequence of this deity's power for devotees continually

since they believed they had come from that constellation

weekly services at the mosque

for the woodwind repertoire

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