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My Broken Language: A Memoir
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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.
Taíno
The Taíno were the Indigenous people of many Caribbean islands, including present-day Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, and Cuba. Spanish colonizers enslaved them after Christopher Columbus first arrived in the New World in 1492, and much of their language and culture was lost. Today, many individuals from the present-day Caribbean islands acknowledge and honor their Taíno heritage.
Yoruba
The Yoruba people are an ethnic group from West Africa, many of whom were brought to the New World as enslaved people between the 16th and 19th centuries. Many Yoruba were brought to Caribbean islands, such as Puerto Rico, to work on sugar plantations, and their culture, language, and religion combined with that of the Indigenous peoples and the Spanish colonizers.
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