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Akan |
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Akan Protocol: Remembering the traditions of our ancestors
by Nana Akua Kyerewaa Opokuwaa |
The Quest For Spiritual Transformation : Introduction to Traditional Akan Religion, Rituals and Practices
by Nana Akua Kyerewaa Opokuwaa |
The Akan priest in America
by Nana Dinizulu |
West African Religious Traditions: Focus on the Akan of Ghana
by Robert B. Fisher |
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Sacred Tools of the Akan
Peter Sarpong |
The Sankofa Movement
by Kwame Agyei Akoto, Akua Nson Akoto |
Man cures, God heals: Religion and medical practice among the Akans
by Kofi Appiah-Kubi |
Female Song Tradition and the Akan of Ghana
by Kwasi Ampene |
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Asafo!
by Peter Adler |
Ife Akan and Benin: Awest African Art from 2000 Years
by Fritz Falk |
Three Thousand Six Hundred Ghanaian Proverbs
by J. Christaller |
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Orisa'Ifa |
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The Handbook of Yoruba Religious Concepts
by Baba Ifa Karade |
Black Gods - Orisa Studies in the New World
by John Mason |
Santeria: African Spirits in America
by Joseph M. Murphy |
The Osha
by Julio Garcia Cortez |
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Ìdáná fún òrìsà: Cooking for selected heads
by John Mason |
The Healing Power of Sacrifice
by Yemi Elebuibon |
Yoruba Medicine
by Anthony Buckley |
Yoruba Self-Help Using Adimu
by Conrad E. Mauge |
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The Yoruba Traditional Healers of Nigeria
by Mary Olufunmilayo Adekson |
Voice of Thunder/Eyes of Fire: In Search of Shango in the African Disaspora
by David Welch |
Ijo Orunmila
by Fasina Falade |
Path to Priesthood
by Akinkugbe Karade |
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Fundamentals of the Yoruba Religion (Orisa Worship)
by Chief Fama |
Apetebii the Wife of Orunmila
by Irayemi Elebuibon |
Olookun Owner of Rivers and Seas
by John Mason |
Gelede: Art and Female Power Among the Yoruba
by Drewal, Henry |
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The Religion of the Yorubas
by J. Olumide Lucas |
Jambalaya: The Natural Woman's Book of Personal Charms and Practical Rituals
by L. Teish |
Inner Peace: The Yoruba Concept of Ori
by Awo Falokun Fatunmbi |
Ancestors: Hidden Hands, Healing Spirits for Your Use and Empowerment
by Ra Ifagbemi Babalawo |
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Yoruba: Nine Centuries of African Art and Thought
by Drewal, Henry, |
The Invention of Women: Making an African Sense of Western Gender Discourses by Oyewumi, Oyeronke |
Adire cloth in Nigeria; the preparation and dyeing of indigo patterned cloths among the Yoruba
by Stanfield, Nancy |
Spirits, Blood, and Drums: The Orisha Religion in Trinidad
by James T. Houk |
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Tradition and Transformation
by Koleoso Karade |
Odidere Orunmila Gazette Newspaper NEW |
Black Critics and Kings : The Hermeneutics of Power in Yoruba Society
by Andrew Apter |
Iwa-Pele: Ifa Quest
by Falokun Fatunmbi |
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Esu Osanyin - Incantations, Plants, Sacrifices, Oracles
by Anthony Ferreira |
The Core of Fire: A Path to Yoruba Spiritual Activism
by Aina Olomo |
Ancestors of the Afro-Americans
by Oseijeman Adefunmi |
Orin Orisa
by John Mason |
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Olorisha: A guidebook into Yoruba religion
by Oseijeman Adefunmi |
The Yoruba Religion: Introduction to Its Practice
by Conrad E. Mauge |
Yoruba Gurus: Indigenous Production of Knowledge in Africa
by Falola, Toyin |
Character Is Beauty: Redefining Yoruba Culture and Identity
by Abodunrin, Femi |
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Animal Sacrifice and Religious Freedom: Church of the Lukumi Babalu Aye v. City of Hialeah
by David M. O'Brien |
Yoruba hairstyles; a selection of hairstyles in southern Nigeria
by Gwatkin, Nina W. |
Eshu elegbara
by Wale Ogunyemi |
The Philosophy of Olodumare and Shango
by Oswald Eckles Jr |
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Yemonja Maternal Divinity
by Lloyd Weaver |
The Yoruba world of Good and Evil
by Conrad E Mauge´ |
Imoye: A Definition of the Ifa Tradition
by Baba Ifa Karade |
Tribal origins of the African-Americans
by Oseijeman Adefunmi |
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Yoruba Es Santeria?
by Javier Aguila Morales |
The Cult of Sango: The Study of Fire
by Aydounmi Sangode |
The Lost Orisha
by Conrad Mauge |
The Challenge: Growing Within the Orisa Community
by Iyanifa Tleana S. Alcamo |
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His Name in the Dance: Spirit Possession in the Spiritual Baptist Faith and Orisha Work in Trinidad, West Indies
by Kenneth Anthony Lum |
Adura Orisa - Prayers for Selected Heads
by John Mason |
Bloodlines & Egun
by Gabrielle W. Riley |
Living Santeria
by Michael Atwood Mason |
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Africa's Ogun
by Sandra T. Barnes |
Odu Ifa : The Ethic Teachings
by Maulana Karenga |
Shango cult in Recife, Brazil
by José Jorge de Carvalho |
The Iroko-Man: A Yoruba Folktale
by Gershator, Phillis, and Kim, Holly C (Photographer) |
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Finding Soul on the Path of Orisa: A West African Spiritual Tradition
by Tobe Melora Correal |
The Good, the Bad, and the Beautiful: Discourse About Values in Yoruba Culture
by Barry Hallen |
Beads, Body, and Soul: Art and Light in the Yoruba Universe
by Henry John Drewal, John Mason |
Heeding the Ancestral Call
by Ìyá Ifálolá Abóyadé Omóbólá |
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Orisa: Yoruba Gods and Spiritual Identity in Africa and the Diaspora
by Toyin Falola |
Reinventing Religions
by Sidney M. Greenfield |
Our Mothers, Our Powers, Our Texts: Manifestations Of Aje
by Teresa N. Washington |
Practitioner's Handbook for the IFA Professional
by Aina Adewale-Somadhi |
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Ancestors: Hidden Hands, Healing
Spirits for Your Use and Empowerment
by Ra Ifagbemi Babalawo |
Osun in Colours: Pictorial
History of the River Goddess,Osun
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Osun Osogbo: Sacred Places and Sacred People
by Kayode Afolabi |
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Southern African |
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The Song of Stars: The Lore of a Zulu Shaman
by Mutwa, Vusumazulu Credo, and Mutwa, Credo, and Larsen, Stephen |
Zulu Shaman: Dreams, Prophecies, and Mysteries
by Mutwa, Vusamazulu Credo, and Larsen, Stephen (Editor), and Teish, Luisah |
Traditional ceremonies of Amandebele
by Pathisa Nyathi |
Called To Heal: African Shamanic Healers
by Susan Schuster Campbell |
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Other Traditional African Traditions |
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Conversations With Ogotemmeli: An Introduction to Dogon Religious Ideas
by M. Griaule |
After God is Dibia: Igbo Cosmology, Divination & Sacred Science in Nigeria Vol. 1
by Umeh, John Anenechukwu |
Scarifications.
by Cortez, Jayne: Drawings By Mel Edwards. |
Dancing Spirits: Rhythms and Rituals of Haitian Vodun, the Rada Rite
by Fleurant, Gerdes |
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Of Water and the Spirit: Ritual, Magic, and Initiation in the Life of an African Shaman
by Malidoma Patrice Some |
Voodoo in Haiti
by Alfred Metraux |
African Cosmology of the Bantu-Kongo
by Kimbwandende Kia Bunseki Fu-Kiau |
The Spirit of Intimacy
by Sobonfu Some |
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Ewe
by E. Ofori Akyea |
Voodoo Africa's Secret Power
by Gert Chesi |
Amazons of Black Sparta
by Stanley B. Alpern |
Possession, Ecstasy, and Law in Ewe Voodoo
by Judy Rosenthal |
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Mami Wata: Africa's Ancient God/dess Unveiled
by Mamaissii Vivian Hunter-Hindrew |
Reglas De Congo
by Lydia Cabrera |
Secrets of Voodoo
by Milo Rigaud |
Reclaiming African Religions in Trinidad
by Frances Henry |
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African Ceremonies
by Carol Beckwith |
Dogon : Africa's People of the Cliffs
by Walter E.A. Vanbeek |
American Voudou
by Rod Davis |
Vodou: A Sacred Theatre
by Marie Jose Alcide Saint-Lot |
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Classical African/ Kemetic Tradition |
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Metu Neter
by Ra Un Nefer Amen |
Metu Neter Vol. 2
by Ra Un Nefer Amen |
Maat the 11 laws of God
by Ra Un Nefer Amen |
Tree of Life Meditation System
by Ra Un Nefer Amen |
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Divination, All Traditions (Teaching and Reference) |
| Divination for Non-Priests |
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The Little Oracle That Goes a Long Way: Ifa's Obi Abata
by Ra Ifagbemi Babalawo |
Awo Obi: Obi Divination in Theory and Practice
by Baba Osundiya |
Obi: Oracle of Cuban Santeria
by Lele, Ocha'ni, and Myers, Bart Stuart |
Obi Divination
by Afolabi A. Epega |
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Iwa-Pele: Ifa Quest
by Falokun Fatunmbi |
Awo: Ifa & the Theology of Orisha Divination
by Awo Fa'Lokun Fatunmbi |
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| Divination for Priests |
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Ifa: A Complete Divination
by Ayo A. Salami
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Ifism the Complete Works of Orunmila: Vol 2
by C. Osamaro Ibie |
Ifa: The Key to It's Understanding
by Awo Fasina Falade |
Chamalongo- Congo Divinations
by Carlos Montenegro |
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The Secrets of Afro-Cuban Divination
by Lele, Ocha'ni |
Practical Ifa
by S. Solagbade Popoola |
The Diloggun
by Ócha'ni Lele, Ocha'ni Lele |
Practitioner's Handbook for the IFA Professional
by Aina Adewale-Somadhi |
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Ifism (Irosun-Owanrin)
by C. Osamaro Ibie |
The Sixteen
by Chief Aluko |
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| Divination for Reference/Research |
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African Divination Systems: Ways of Knowing
by Peek, Philip M |
The Agwu Deity in Igbo Religion
by Jude C. U. Aguwa |
Odu Ifa : Book One: Sacred scriptures of Ifa
by Conrad Mauge |
Ifa: An Exposition of Ifa Literary Corpos
by Wande Abimbda |
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The Sacred IFA Oracle
by Afolabi A. Epega |
Astrological Geomancy in Africa
by Abayomi J. Cole |
Ifa divination; communication between gods and men in West Africa
by Bascom, William Russell |
Making the Gods in New York: The Yoruba Religion in the African American Community
by Mary Cuthrell Curry |
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Sixteen Mythological Stories of Ifa (Ita Merindinlogun)
by Chief Fama |
Ifa, African Gods Speak: The Oracle of the Yoruba in Nigeria
by Staewen, Christoph |
Sixteen Cowries
by William Bascom |
Introduction to Seashell Divination
by Migene Gonzalez-Wippler |
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Language, Names |
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Yoruba Dun UN So: Book I A Beginners' Course in Yoruba (Yale Language Series)
by Karin Barber |
Yoruba-English/English-Yoruba Modern Practical Dictionary
Kayode J. Fakinlede |
Yoruba Without Tears
Olatunde Soroye |
1000+(African) Òrìsà Yorùbá Names
by Chief/Ms FAMA |
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Twi Basic Course
by James E Redden |
Twi-English/English-Twi Concise Dictionary
by Paul Kotey |
Yoruba Names: Their Structure and Their Meanings
by Modupe Oduyote |
Names from Africa 
by Ogonna Chuks-Orji |
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1,001 African Names: First and Last Names from the African Continent
by Julia Stewart |
African Names
by Sharon Bernhardt |
Dictionary of African Names, Volume 1
by Bunmi Adebayo |
The Book of African Names
by Molefi Kete Asante |
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| Talk Now! Learn Yoruba - Beginning Level |
Yorùbá Audio Cassette Course. Foreign Service Institute |
Yorùbá ~ 101 Languages of the World  |
Talk Now! Learn Igbo - Beginning Level |
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Teach Yourself Swahili
by Joan Russell |
Rosetta Stone Swahili Level 1 Win/Mac Personal Edition |
Learn An African Language- Ghana TWI - Vol1 |
African Designs CD-ROM and Book |
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Anago Vogabulario Lucmi: El Yoruba Que Se Habla En Cuba
by Bastide, Roger (Designer), and Cabrera, Lydia |
Hieroglyphics for Babies
by Ayi Kwei Armah, Aboubacry Mousa Lam |
West African Symbols
by Mimi Robinson |
Ethiopic an African Writing System
by Ayele Bekerie, Ayele Bekerie |
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Afrikan Alphabets: The Story of Writing in Afrika
by Saki Mafundikwa |
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Rites of Passage |
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Recollection: From the Eyes of an Inner Child Rites and Passages of an Afro-American Woman
by Regina C. Hutchings |
Shaasha Barta
by Tika |
Reaching Black Males Through Spirituality
by Koleoso Karade |
Black Madonnas and Young Lions
by Bernida Thompson |
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Rites of Passage: Psychology of Female Power
by Ayobunmi Sosi Sangode |
Afrocentric Theory and Applications: Adolescent Rites of Passage
by Nsenga Warfield-Coppock |
Let the Circle Be Unbroken
by Marimba Ani |
Kindezi: The Kongo Art of Babysitting
by K. Kia Bunseki Fu-Kiau, A.M. Lukondo-Wamba , Marimba Ani |
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Complementarity: Thoughts for Afrikan Warrior Couples
by Mwalimu Baruti |
Homosexuality and the Effeminization of Afrikan Males
by Mwalimu Baruti |
Kebuka! Remembering the Middle Passage Through the Eyes of Our Ancestors
by Mwalimu Baruti |
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Funeral Rites/ Transitioning |
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Saying Goodbye: A Special Farewell to Mama Nkwelle
by Ifeoma Onyefulu |
Africentric funerals and burials
by Kwabena Faheem Ashanti |
Crossing the Great River: A Glimpse into the Funeral Rites of African-Americans
by Skobi Matunde |
Going into Darkness: Fantastic Coffins from Africa
by Thierry Secretan |
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African History/ Cultural Reorientation |
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How to Plan a Kwanzaa Celebration
by Ida Gamble-Gumbs |
Celebrating Kwanzaa
by Diane Hoyt-Goldsmith |
Let's Get Ready for Kwanzaa
by Joanne Winne |
Libation for Our Ancestors: A Family and Communal Activity at Kwanzaa (Audio Cassette)
by Tarik Karenga |
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The Yoruba Diaspora In The Atlantic World (Blacks in the Diaspora)
by Toyin Falola , Matt D. Childs |
Christopher Columbus and the Afrikan Holocaust: Slavery and the Rise of European Capitalism
by John Henrik Clarke |
Destruction of Black Civilization
by Chancellor Williams |
Echoes of the Darkland
by Charles Finch |
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Susu Economics: The History of Pan-African Trade, Commerce, Money and Wealth
by Paul Alfred Barton |
The African Origin of Civilization
by Cheikh Anta Diop |
100 Amazing Facts about the Negro with Complete Proof
by Joel Augustus Rogers |
Civilization or Barbarism
by Cheikh Anta Diop |
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Islam's Black Slaves
by Ronald Segal |
Is Bill Cosby Right?: Or Has the Black Middle Class Lost Its Mind?
by Michael Eric Dyson |
Afrocentricity
by Molefi Kete Asante |
Fulcrums of Change
by Jan R. Carew |
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The Healers
by Ayi Kwei Armah |
Two Thousand Seasons
by Ayi Kwei Armah |
The Star of Deep Beginnings
by Charles S., III Finch |
An Essay on African Philosophical Thought: The Akan Conceptual Scheme
by Kwame Gyekye |
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Yurugu: An African-Centered Critique of European Cultural Thought and Behavior
by Marimba Ani |
100 Years of Lynchings
by Ralph Ginzburg |
The Book of Ode: An Afrocentric View of Psychology
by Babalosha Lionel F. Scott |
The Black Student's Guide to Positive Education
by Baba Zak A. Kondo |
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The Philosophy and Opinions of Marcus Garvey, Or, Africa for the Africans
by Marcus Garvey |
Ashe, Traditional Religion and Healing in Sub-Saharan Africa and the Diaspora:: A Classified International Bibliography
by John Gray |
Iceman Inheritance : Prehistoric Sources of Western Man's Racism, Sexism and Aggression
by Michael A. Bradley |
Afrikan Marriage Versus Slave Marriage...
by Shaka Saye Bambata Dolo |
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Coming of Age: A New Afrikan Revolutionary
by Safiya Asya Bukhari |
The Integration Trap
by Oba T'Shaka | God Struck Me Dead
by Albert J. Raboteau |
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Meditation |
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| Meditation For Beginners |
Relaxation and Breathing For Meditation |
How to Meditate Using Chakras, Mantras, and Breath (Book and 2 CDs)
by Dennis K., M.D. Chernin |
Tree of Life Meditation System
by Ra Un Nefer Amen |
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Spiritism & Gen. Mysticism |
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The Spirits' Book
by Allan Kardec, Anna Blackwell |
Book on Mediums; Or, Guide for Mediums and Invocators
by Allan Kardec |
Finding of the Third Eye
by Vera S. Alder |
Opening to Spirit
by Caroline Shola Arewa |
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Cooking |
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The Kudeti Book of Yoruba Cookery
by J. A. Mars, E.M. Tooleyo |
"My Cooking" West-African Cookbook
by Dokpe L. Ogunsanya |
The Ethnic Vegetarian
by Angela Shelf Medearis |
Soul Vegetarian Cookbook |
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Meatless Meals for Working People: Quick and Easy Vegetarian Recipes
by Debra Wasserman |
The Black Families Health-Giving... A Cultural Guide to Good Eating
by Iyafadara Oyadun Ifasanmi, Orisayomi Omigbade Olugbala Songobunmi |
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Native American |
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The Bear Tribe's Self-Reliance Book
by Sun Bear, Wabun, Nimimosha |
Black Dawn, Bright Day 
by Sun Bear, Wabun Wind |
The Sacred Tree: Reflections on Native American Spirituality
by The Four Worlds Development Project |
Native Healer
by Medicine : Initiation into an Ancient Art Grizzlybear Lake |
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Seven Arrows
by Hyemeyohsts Storm |
Song of Heyoehkah
by Hyemeyohsts Storm |
Lightning Bolt
by Hyemeyohsts Storm |
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Health |
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