Yoruban

1960s

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An African Yoruba healer (babalawo) touches a boy’s head with a stick…

1960s

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A white doctor is walking with African women through a shantytown in…

1960s

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A Yoruba priestess (babalawo) sits with a mother whose young baby is…

1960s

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A Yoruba healer (babalawo) talks with a puppet. A Nigerian doctor…

1960s

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A market in a small village in Nigeria. A Yoruba priest is buying…

1960s

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A Yoruba priestess squirts blood from a bird’s neck on the feet of…