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In the small, sun-bleached town of Matanzas, Cuba, an old babalawo named Esteban kept a leather-bound book wrapped in a faded banté cloth. To the neighbors, it looked like an old family Bible. But Esteban called it El Libro de Ifá — a hand-copied compendium of the 256 odú , the sacred signs that held the memory of the world.

“Abuelo,” Miguel said, his voice small. “Teach me to read it.” libro de ifa

“Abuelo, it’s just symbols and old sayings,” Miguel said one afternoon, watching Esteban trace a pataki (myth) from the sign Ojuani Ogbe . “How can palm nuts and a broken coconut tell me anything I don’t already know?” In the small, sun-bleached town of Matanzas, Cuba,

She placed a single chicken egg on the table. In the small