The Shango Cult in Nigeria and in Trinidad

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American AnthropologistVolume 64, Issue 6 p. 1204-1219 Free Access The Shango Cult in Nigeria and in Trinidad1 GEORGE EATON SIMPSON, GEORGE EATON SIMPSON Oberlin CollegeSearch for more papers by this author GEORGE EATON SIMPSON, GEORGE EATON SIMPSON Oberlin CollegeSearch for more papers by this author First published: December 1962 https://doi.org/10.1525/aa.1962.64.6.02a00050Citations: 28 1 This study was made in June-December, 1960, with the assistance of grants from the National Institute of Mental Health, U. S. Public Health Service [Grant M-3847 (A)], and from the Committee on Productive Work, Oberlin College. Read at the meetings of the American Anthropological Association, Philadelphia, November 17, 1961. AboutPDF ToolsExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL References Cited Bascom, William R. 1942 Ifa divination. Man 42: 41– 43. Bascom, William R. 1944 The sociological role of the Yoruba cult-group. American Anthropological Association Memoir 63. Bascom, William R. 1953 Drums of the Yoruba of Nigeria. Ethnic Folkways Album P 441. New York, Folkways Records and Service Corporation. Bastide, Roger 1960 Les Religions Africaines au Brésil. Paris, Presses Universitaires de France. Crowley, Daniel J. 1957 Plural and differential acculturation in Trinidad. American Anthropologist 59: 817– 24. de Verteuil, L. A. A. 1858 Trinidad: its geography, natural resources, present condition and prospects. London, Ward and Lock. Forde, Daryll 1951 The Yoruba-speaking peoples of South-Western Nigeria. London, International African Institute. Frobenius, Leo 1913 The voice of Africa. London, Hutchinson & Co. 2 vols. Herskovits, M. J. 1938 Dahomey. New York, J. J. Augustin. 2 vols. Herskovits, M. J. 1943 The southernmost outposts of New World Africanisms. American Anthropologist 45: 495– 510. Herskovits, M. J. 1948 The contributions of Afroamerican studies to Africanist research. American Anthropologist 50: 1– 10. Herskovits, M. J. 1956 On some modes of ethnographic comparison. Bijdragen tot de Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde 112:(2): 129– 48. Herskovits, M. J. and Frances S. Herskovits 1947 Trinidad village. New York, A. A. Knopf. Johnson, Samuel 1921 The history of the Yorubas. London, George Routledge and Sons, Ltd. Le Hérissé, A. 1911 L'ancien royaume du Dahomey. Cited in West African Religion (1949) by G. Parrinder. Lucas, J. O. 1948 The religion of the Yorubas. Lagos, C.M.S. Bookshop. Messenger, John C., Jr. 1960 Reinterpretations of Christian and indigenous belief in a Nigerian nativist church. American Anthropologist 62: 268– 78. Mischel, Walter and Frances Mischel 1958 Psychological aspects of spirit possession. American Anthropologist 60: 249– 60. Parrinder, Geoffrey 1949 West African religion. London, The Epworth Press. Parrinder, Geoffrey 1951 West African psychology. London, Lutterworth Press. Parrinder, Geoffrey 1953 Religion in an African city. London, Oxford University Press. Parrinder, Geoffrey 1954 African traditional religion. London, Hutchinson's University Library. Population Census Division, Government of trinidad and Tobago 1961a Population by sex, age group and race. In Preliminary Bulletin No. 1, 1960 Census of Population of Trinidad and Tobago, pp. 2– 3. April 19, 1961. Population Census Division, Government of trinidad and Tobago 1961b Population by sex and religion. In Census Bulletin No. 2, pp. 2– 3, August 14, 1961. Talbot, P. A. 1926 The peoples of Southern Nigeria. London, Oxford University Press. 3 vols. West Indian Census 1946, Part G (Census of the Colony of Trinidad and Tobago), pp. xxiv, 12. Citing Literature Volume64, Issue6December 1962Pages 1204-1219 ReferencesRelatedInformation