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- Papa Legba is a lwa, or loa, in West African Vodun and its diasporic derivatives (Dominican Republic Vudú, Haitian Vodou, Louisiana Voodoo, and Winti)...
- Legba Crossing is a live album featuring a performance by Cecil Taylor's Workshop Ensemble recorded in Berlin on July 15, 1988 as part of month-long series...
- identify the spirit being invoked. For example, the gatekeeper spirit Papa Legba is represented by a vèvè featuring a walking cane, symbolizing his friendly...
- Quentin Fleming Robin Bartlett as Cecily Pembroke Lance Red**** as Papa Legba Mare Winningham as Alicia Spencer Michael Cristofer as Harrison Renard Mike...
- Eshu and Legba derive from the same African deity, although they are viewed in markedly different manners among traditions. For example, Papa Legba is considered...
- Ẹlẹ́gbára means the "master of force" in the Yoruba language. Eleguá (Legba) is known in the Dominican Republic, Haiti, Colombia, Cuba, Puerto Rico...
- bonus tracks on the CD side (an extended mix of "Wild Wild Life", "Papa Legba" with vocal by Pops Staples, and "Radio Head" with vocals by Tito Larriva)...
- humans, according to the scholar Anthony Ephirim-Donkor. This is similar to Legba, who is also both a trickster and a deity in West African Vodun. Followers...
- multiple vodún sometimes also attending services at a Christian church. Lɛgbà is the spirit of the crossroads who opens up communication between humanity...
- must ask for Legba’s ****istance. Just like Gbadu, Legba is one of Mawu-Lisa’s children. Yet, at the same time, Gbadu is also one of Legba’s lovers—and so...