Historical information:Texts relating to the recordings in this collection have been published in William Bascom's 1980 book, titled "Sixteen Cowries: Yoruba Divination from Africa to the New World." Digitization for the recordings was supported by an NEH Preservation/Access grant.
Scope and content:Linguistic field recordings: linguistic data; songs, recitation of the divination system known as "sixteen cowries"
Repository: Berkeley Language Center
Preferred citation: Maranoro Salako, Berta Bascom, and William Bascom. The William and Berta Bascom Collection of Yoruba Sound Recordings, LA 116, Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/collection/10158.
Preferred citation: Talk in Yoruba (2), LA 116.001, in "The William and Berta Bascom Collection of Yoruba Sound Recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/21008.
Preferred citation: Talk in Yoruba, LA 116.002, in "The William and Berta Bascom Collection of Yoruba Sound Recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/21009.
Preferred citation: Talk in Yoruba (3) with songs, LA 116.003, in "The William and Berta Bascom Collection of Yoruba Sound Recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/21010.
Preferred citation: Talk in Yoruba (4) with songs, LA 116.004, in "The William and Berta Bascom Collection of Yoruba Sound Recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/21011.
Preferred citation: Talk in Yoruba (5), LA 116.005, in "The William and Berta Bascom Collection of Yoruba Sound Recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/21012.
Preferred citation: Talk in Yoruba (6), LA 116.006, in "The William and Berta Bascom Collection of Yoruba Sound Recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/21013.
Preferred citation: Talk in Yoruba (7), LA 116.007, in "The William and Berta Bascom Collection of Yoruba Sound Recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/21014.
Preferred citation: Talk in Yoruba (8), LA 116.008, in "The William and Berta Bascom Collection of Yoruba Sound Recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/21015.
Preferred citation: Talk in Yoruba (9), LA 116.009, in "The William and Berta Bascom Collection of Yoruba Sound Recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/21016.
Preferred citation: Talk in Yoruba (10), LA 116.010, in "The William and Berta Bascom Collection of Yoruba Sound Recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/21017.
Preferred citation: Talk in Yoruba (11), LA 116.011, in "The William and Berta Bascom Collection of Yoruba Sound Recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/21018.
Preferred citation: Talk in Yoruba (12), LA 116.012, in "The William and Berta Bascom Collection of Yoruba Sound Recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/21019.
Preferred citation: Talk in Yoruba (13), LA 116.013, in "The William and Berta Bascom Collection of Yoruba Sound Recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/21020.
Preferred citation: Talk in Yoruba (14), LA 116.014, in "The William and Berta Bascom Collection of Yoruba Sound Recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/21021.
Preferred citation: Talk in Yoruba (15), LA 116.015, in "The William and Berta Bascom Collection of Yoruba Sound Recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/21022.
Preferred citation: Talk in Yoruba (16), LA 116.016, in "The William and Berta Bascom Collection of Yoruba Sound Recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/21023.
Preferred citation: Talk in Yoruba (17), LA 116.017, in "The William and Berta Bascom Collection of Yoruba Sound Recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/21024.
Preferred citation: Talk in Yoruba (18) with songs, LA 116.018, in "The William and Berta Bascom Collection of Yoruba Sound Recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/21025.
Preferred citation: Talk in Yoruba (19), LA 116.019, in "The William and Berta Bascom Collection of Yoruba Sound Recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/21026.
Preferred citation: Talk in Yoruba (20), LA 116.020, in "The William and Berta Bascom Collection of Yoruba Sound Recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/21027.
Preferred citation: Talk in Yoruba (22), LA 116.021, in "The William and Berta Bascom Collection of Yoruba Sound Recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/21028.
Preferred citation: Talk in Yoruba (23), LA 116.022, in "The William and Berta Bascom Collection of Yoruba Sound Recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/21029.
Preferred citation: Talk in Yoruba (24), LA 116.023, in "The William and Berta Bascom Collection of Yoruba Sound Recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/21030.
Preferred citation: Talk in Yoruba (25), LA 116.024, in "The William and Berta Bascom Collection of Yoruba Sound Recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/21031.
Preferred citation: Talk in Yoruba (26), LA 116.025, in "The William and Berta Bascom Collection of Yoruba Sound Recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/21032.
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