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Yoruba Without Tears

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This book is great! It could use a cassette tape to help with pronounciations. But, if you have an interest in Yoruba religion and Lukumi, this book is helpful.

This book is great. Learning yoruba can be very difficult because there are sounds in the yoruba language that are not in english. Olatunde Soroye does a very good job of using english words to assist the reader in learning how to make yoruba sounds. Also, Àrà Ifá Publishing in CA sells the tapes for the book, which makes learning Yoruba much easier! The tapes are cheap...much, much cheaper than buying the set from FSI.

I think this is an excellent book and cassette tape series. It's got lot to use and the structure is good. I think its easier to use in a group than as an individual though. It moves quickly and having a buddy to help out seems to make sense.

Remember it comes with 3Cassette Tapes, which feature 7 learning sections. Don't pay full price unless the tapes are included!

I have seen people exploiting their rarity by trying to sell them at outrageous prices. Shop around. Don't pay more than $30 for wonderful resource.