Recommended

The Following is a short reading list and bibliography of Ocha/Santeria related books. This is only a short list and we make no claims to completeness. The books marked with an asterisk * are introductory works appropriate for beginners and those who are just beginning to get acquainted with the religion.

Bascom, William. Ifá Divination: Communication between Gods and Men in West Africa. Indiana: Indiana University Press, 1969. ISBN: 0-253-32890-X.

Brandon, George. The Dead Sell Memories: Santeria from Africa to the New World. Indiana: Indiana University Press, 1993. ISBN: 0-253-21114-X

Brown, David H. Santeria Enthroned: Art, Ritual and Innovation in an Afro-Cuban Religion. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2003. ISBN: 0226076105

*Canizares, Raul. Cuban Santeria (formerly titled Walking with the Night: the Afro-Cuban World of Santeria) Vermont: Desiny Books, 1993. ISBN: 0-892-817623.

*Edwards, Gary and John Mason. Black Gods- Orisha Studies in the New World. New York: Y.T.A. Publications, 1985. ISBN: 1881244083.

Flores-Pena, Ysamur and Roberta J. Evanchuk. Santeria Garments and Altars: Speaking Without a Voice. Mississippi: University Press of Mississippi, 1994. ISBN: 0-87805-703-X.

Lindsey, Arturo. Santeria Aesthetics in Contemporary Latin American Art. Washington and London: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1996. ISBN:1-56098-615-8.

Mason, John. Who's Knocking On My floor? Esu Arts in the America. New York:Y.T.A. Publications, 2003. ISBN: 1-881244-10-5.

Mason, John. Idana Fun Orisa: Cooking for Selected Heads. New York: Y.T.A. Publications, 1999. ISBN: 1-881244-07-5

Mason, John. Orin Orisa: Songs for Selected Heads. New York: Y.T.A. Publications, 1992. ISBN: 1-881244-06-7.

Mason, Michael Atwood. Living Santeria: Rituals and Experiences in an Afro-Cuban Religion. Washington and London: Smithsonian Institution Press, 2002. ISBN: 1-58834-077-5

*Murphy, Joseph M. Santeria: African Spirits in America. Boston: Beacon Press, 1988. ISBN: 0-8070-1021-9

*Olmos, Margarite Fernandez and Lizabeth Paravisini-Gelbert. Creole Religions of the Caribbean: An Introduction from Vodou and Santeria to Obeah and Espiritismo. New York: New York University Press, 2003. ISBN: 0-8147-2720-4.

*Thompson, Robert Farris. Flash of the Spirit: African and Afro-American Art and Philosophy. New York: Random House, 1983. ISBN: 0-394-72369-4

*Vega, Marta Moreno. The Altar of my Soul: The Living Traditions of Santeria. New York: Ballantine Publishing Group, 2000. ISBN: 0-345-42137-X

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