[1] Post-war, Bascom and his Cuban-born wife, Berta began research into practices of Yoruba origin - such as the Shango cult and Santeria - in Cuba and elsewhere.
[1] Several of Bascom's articles on folkloristics serve as texts in graduate courses in folklore: his essays were regularly anthologised during his career.
[1] Published posthumously, Bascom's African folktales in the New World (1992) has been credited with making important contributions to debates around "diffusion and independent invention".
[7] His book Ifa Divination: Communication Between Gods and Men in West Africa was awarded the Pitrè Prize.
[3] In a major article published in 1954,[8] Bascom argued that folklore can serve four primary functions in a culture: