Bibliography
This is an impartial listing of books, with no specific endorsements or recommendations. Finding a book that appeals to you and answers your questions in a way that makes sense to you is a task only you can undertake. Reading is only a first step. Remember, nothing can take the place of learning in person from your elders.
- Atwood Mason, Michael. Living Santería. Rituals and Experiences in an Afro-Cuban Religion. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Books, 2002.
- Angarica, Nicolás. Manual de orihate: Religión Lucumi. Havana: n.p., 1955.
- Argüelles Mederos, Anibal and Ileana Hodge Limonta. Los llamados cultos sincréticos y espiritismo. Havana: Edit. Academia, 1991.
- Ayorinde, Christine. Afro-Cuban Religiosity, Revolution, and National Identity. Gainesville: U. Florida Press, 2004.
- Barnet, Miguel. Cultos africanos. Havana: Edit. Unión, 1995.
- Bascom, William. Sixteen Cowries. Bloomington: Indiana U. Press, 1980.
- Bolívar Aróstegui, Natalia. Los Orishas en Cuba. Havana: Ediciones Unión, 1990.
- Brandon, George. Santería from Africa to the New World: The Dead Sell Memories. Bloomington: Indiana U Press, 1993.
- Brown, David H. Santería Enthroned. Art, Ritual, and Innovation in an Afro-Cuban Religion. Chicago: U Chicago Press, 2003.
- Cabrera, Lydia. Yemayá y Ochún. NY: Eliseo Torres, 1980.
- Cabrera Suárez, Frank. Ile Tuntun. Edición Norma Suárez, 1999.
- Canizares, Raul. Walking with the Night. The Afro-Cuban World of Santería. Rochester, Vt: Destiny Books, 1993.
- Clark, Mary Ann. Santería. Correcting the Myths and Uncovering the Realities of a Growing Religion. Westport: Praeger, 2007.
- De la Torre, Miguel A. Santería. The Beliefs and Rituals of a Growing Religion in America. Grand Rapids: Wm. Eerdmans Publishing, 2004.
- Fernandy Espino, Heriberto. Yoruba. Un acercamiento a nuestras raíces. Havana: Edit. de Ciencias Sociales, 2006.
- García Cortez, Julio. The Osha. Secrets of the Yoruba-Lucumi-Santería Religion in the United States and the Americas. Brooklyn: Athelia Henrietta Press, 2000.
- ---. The Osha II. Brooklyn: Athelia Henrietta Press, 2005.
- Gleason, Judith. Oyá: In Praise of the Goddess. Boston: Shambhala Publications, 1987.
- Hagedorn, Katherine. Divine Utterances: The Performance of Afro-Cuban Santería. Washington DC: Smothsonian Press, 2001.
- Irizarry, William J. Warriors: An Aleyo's Guide to the Care and Maintenance of Warriors. Create Space Independent Publishing Platform, 2009.
- Karade, Baba Ifa. The Handbook of Yoruba Religious Concepts. San Francisco: Weiser Books, 1994.
- Lele, Ocha'ni. The Secrets of Afro Cuban Divination. Rochester, Vt.: Destiny Books, 2000.
- ---. Obi. Oracle of Cuban Santería. Rochester, Vt.: Destiny Books, 2001.
- ---. The Diloggun: The Orishas, Proverbs, Sacrifices, and Prohibitions of Cuban Santeria. Rochester, Vt.: Destiny Books, 2003.
- ---. Teachings of the Santeria Gods. The Spirit of the Odu. Rochester, Vt.: Destiny Books, 2010.
- ---. Diloggún Tales of the Natural World. Rochester, Vt.: Destiny Books, 2011.
- López, Pablo and Marcia Nielsen. Santería Yoruba y cubana. Mexico: Edit. Mexicanos Unidos, 2007.
- Madan, Marcelo. Los Oráculos de los Orisha. Caracas: Ediciones Orúnmila, year unknown.
- Moreno Vega, Marta. The Altar of My Soul. The Living Traditions of Santeria. NY: Ballantine, 2000.
- Murphy, Joseph. Osun across the Waters: A Yoruba Goddess in Africa and the Americas. Bloomington: Indiana U. Press, 2001.
- ---. Working the Spirit. Ceremonies of the African Diaspora. Boston: Beacon Press, 1994.
- Obón, Pilar. El mágico universo de la santería. La Regla de Ocha/ Ifá. Mexico: Ediciones B, 2009.
- Osundiya, Baba. Awo Obi. Obi Divination in Theory and Practice. Brooklyn: Athelia Henrietta Press, 2001.
- Quesada Suárez, Ramón Andrés. Secretos de santería afrocubana. Barcelona: Ediciones Obelisco, 2007.
- Ramos, Miguel "Willie." Adimú: Gbogbó Tén'unjé Lukumi. Miami: Ediciones Eledá. Org. 2012 (in English, n.d)
- ---. Obí Agbón: Lukumi Divination With Coconut. Miami: Ediciones Eledá. Org. 2012
- ---. Orí Eledá mí ó. Si me cabeza no me vende. Miami: Ediciones Eledá. Org. 2011.
- Valdez Jane, Ernesto, ed. Manuscritos de viejos afrocubanos. Documentos para la historia y cultura de Osha Ifa en Cuba. Havana: Ile Osha Ade Yeri, 2010. http://proyecto-orunmila.org/