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Superstitions & Folk Belief

Twins in African and Diaspora Cultures

Double Trouble, Twice Blessed

by Philip M. Peek (ed.)

An interdisciplinary collection of essays on the beliefs, rituals and art surrounding twins across Africa and the African diaspora. Contributors discuss Yoruba ibeji figures, twin taboos and the ways twins embody ideas of duality and the spirit world.

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