B.A. degree in Physics in 1933 at the University of Wisconsin, Madison.

M.A. in Anthropology

Ph.D. in Anthropology, Northwestern University.

• Bascom's field research in Nigeria, was published as The Sociological Role of the Yoruba Cult-Group.

• Several of his articles on folkloristics serve as texts in graduate courses in folklore.

• His most notable titles include:

  • The Yoruba-Speaking Peoples of Southwestern Nigeria (1951).

  • Ifa Divination: Communication Between Gods and Men in West Africa (1969).

  • Sixteen Cowries: Yoruba Divination from Africa to the New World (1980).

source:William Russell Bascom

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