THIS BOOK, SEMINAL IN NATURE, WAS WRITTEN FOR RELEASE AT THE 5th WORLD CONGRESS OF ORISHA RELIGION HELD IN SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, IN 1997.  THERE ARE THREE BOOKS HERE UNDER ONE COVER DEALING WITH COMPARISONS OF AFRICAN RELIGIOUS AND PHILOSOPHICAL WORLD VIEWS TO EUROCENTRIC ONES,  ESSAYS ON THE HISTORY OF THE MAJOR COMPONENTS OF "EUROCENTRISM," AND A "BI-CULTURAL" ANALYSIS OF THE RELATIONS BETWEEN AFRICAN-AMERICAN MEN AND WOMEN, VIS. A VIS  THE MACHINATIONS OF EUROPEAN AND AMERICAN CULTURE TO UNDERMINE THESE RELATIONSHIPS IN THE 1970'S, 1980'S AND THE 1990'S.

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DR. JOHN HENRIK CLARKE (IBA E; PRAISE FOR HIS NAME) WROTE THE FOLLOWING FOR THE BOOK'S COVER: "...I BELIEVE YOUR BOOK CAN SERVE AN IMPORTANT PURPOSE AT THIS JUNCTURE IN OUR HISTORY. YOUR WRITING IS CLEAR AND TO THE POINT. YOU CAN BE UNDERSTOOD BY BOTH THE LAYMAN AND THE PROFESSIONAL... THAT WAS ONE OF MALCOLM X's FINEST TRAITS: TO SPEAK TO THE PEOPLE AS OPPOSED TO SPEAKING AT THEM."

DR. MICHAEL OSHOOSI (MICHAEL F. WRIGHT PH.D., J.D.) ENTERED INTO THE AFRO-CUBAN VERSION OF YORUBA's "ORISHA-IFA" (OR "SANTERIA--LUC-
UMI") RELIGION  IN 1983. HE ASKED:

                                                                                       WHY DOES THE AFRICAN AMERICAN THINK LIKE A GREEK AND REACT LIKE A JEW?

                                                                                      WHAT ABOUT WHITE PARTICIPATION, MONETARY OFFERINGS, HOMOSEXUALITY AND
                                                                                      LESBIANISM, ANIMAL SACRIFICES, AND OTHER INTERESTING TOPICS IN AFRICAN 
                                                                                      TRADITIONAL RELIGION IN AMERICA?

                                                                                      HOW CAN WE STAND UP FOR OUR MATES, IF WE CANNOT STAND UP TO OUR MATES?
                                                                                      CAN AFRICAN SPIRITUALITY INFORM US ABOUT GENDER RELATIONS?

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