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Quiara Alegría HudesMy Broken Language: A Memoir
Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2021A modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more.
Index of Terms
Ifá
Ifá is a Yoruba divination system that uses a corpus of texts and calls on a priest to interpret a series of signs.
Lukumí
Lukumí, also spelled Lucumí, is another name for Santería, an Afro-Caribbean religion brought to the region from West Africa by enslaved Yoruba people. It is most prominent in Cuba but also practiced on other Caribbean islands.
Orisha
The Orisha are divine spirits in Yoruba religions and the resulting Caribbean Santería. There are many different Orisha, including Eleguá, Changó, Oshun, and Ogun, and each is worshiped in a different way.
