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According to William Bascom, [57] "an indication of the importance of Ifá to the [Yoruba] religious system as a whole is the fact that the most striking religious syncretisms resulting from European contact are to be found in a church established in Lagos in 1934, the Ijọ Ọ̀rúnmila Adulawọ, which was founded on the premise that the ...
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. [2] 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 ...
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 ...
Chief S. Solagbade Popoola Library, INC Ifa Dida Volume Three (OyekuOgbe - OyekuFun) ISBN 978-1-926538-24-2 James J. Kulevich, "The Odu of Lucumi: Information on all 256 Odu Ifa" Ayele Fa'seguntunde' Kumari, Iyanifa:Women of Wisdom ISBN 978-1500492892
Moreover, global interest in the Ifa system from scholars, tourists, and spiritual seekers reflects its impact on a broader scale, with both positive appreciation for cultural richness and potential negative aspects related to commodification or misrepresentation of practices.
Ifáyẹmi Ọ̀ṣúndàgbonù Elebuibon (born 1947) is a Yoruba and Nigerian writer, poet, author, linguist, and a world-famous Ifa priest. [1] His plays and films have received worldwide acclamation for his pursuit of the preservation of Yoruba culture and heritage.
The head, or orí, is vested with great importance in Yoruba art and thought. When portrayed in sculpture, the size of the head is often represented as four or five times its normal size in relation to the body in order to convey that it is the site of a person's ase as well as his or her essential nature, or iwa. [3]
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.