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Ifá is a divination system and a religious text [1] in the Yoruba religion that originates in Yorubaland in West Africa. It originates within the traditional religion of the Yoruba people, and is also practised by followers of West African and African diasporic religions like Cuban Santería. Ifá is an ancient divination system originating ...
An ọpọ́n Ifá is a divination tray used in traditional African and Afro-American religions, notably in the system known as Ifá and in Yoruba tradition more broadly. [1] The etymology of opon , literally meaning "to flatter", explains the artistic and embellished nature of the trays, as they are meant to praise and acknowledge the noble ...
African Spirituality: Forms, Meanings and Expressions. City of 201 Gods: Ilé-Ifè in Time, Space, and the Imagination (University of California Press 2011) Jacob Kehinde Olupona (born 1951) is a Nigerian-born American professor, writer, and scholar of religious studies.
The Yoruba Ifa Odu verses are a corpus used for the purposes of divination. [2] The Yoruba diviner might use sixteen cowrie-shells instead of the Ifa oracle, [32] or sixteen palm nuts. [20] According to the Yoruba tribe, men and women are both allowed to practice the sixteen cowrie method, but only men are allowed to practice the Ifa method. [32]
The Oklahoma Corrections Department has agreed that condemned prisoners in the future can have a personal spiritual advisor in the execution chamber. Oklahoma to allow death row inmates a personal ...
The Rev. Todd Fisher, Oklahoma Baptists' executive director-treasurer, listens as the Rev. Walter Wilson speaks at the 2024 Advance Conference at St. John Missionary Baptist Church in Oklahoma City.
A symbol of the Yoruba religion (Isese) with labels Yoruba divination board Opon Ifá. According to Kola Abimbola, the Yorubas have evolved a robust cosmology. [1] Nigerian Professor for Traditional African religions, Jacob K. Olupona, summarizes that central for the Yoruba religion, and which all beings possess, is known as "Ase", which is "the empowered word that must come to pass," the ...
OKC Zoo's newest habitat Expedition Africa. Finished just in time for spring break, Expedition Africa is home to more than 60 species and is the zoo's largest habitat expansion since it opened in ...