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Journal articles on the topic "Ifá divination"

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Bernard, Oluwabunmi Tope. "A Literary Interpretation of Blood Symbolism in Ifá Divination Poetry." Yoruba Studies Review 5, no. 1.2 (2021): 1–18. http://dx.doi.org/10.32473/ysr.v5i1.2.130082.

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Tis study undertakes a literary analysis of blood as a symbol as contained in the Ifá divination poetry among the Yorùbá of Southwestern Nigeria, which the researcher has collected through personal observations, consultations, and interviews with Ifá priests. Using Ricoeur’s hermeneutics theory of interpretation, the findings show that the selected Ifá divination poems present the symbolic interpretations of blood in Ifá corpus as it is entrenched in the Yorùbá psychology, sexuality, religiosity, worldview, identity and kinship. The paper presents that blood is multifaceted among the Yorùbá.
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Olu-Osayomi, Olusegun, and Babatunde Adebua. "The Relevance of the Practice of Ifá Divination in Ola Rotimi’s The Gods are not to Blame." Yoruba Studies Review 8, no. 1 (2023): 105–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.32473/ysr.8.1.134089.

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The custom of Ifá divination is common among the Yorùbá of Western Nigeria, and among Africans generally. This paper attempts an evaluation of the relevance of the practice of Ifá divination in the selected play of Ola Rotimi to Yorùbá culture and metaphysics. This is purposely to attain a greater and more profound awareness of its role as a symbol of communal and cultural identicalness. Using The God Are Not to Blame (1975) as an illustration, the paper contends, in a poignant manner, that the elements of Yorùbá Ifá divination, through oracular devices, well manifested in the structuring prin
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Ofuasia, Emmanuel. "Ifá divination as an exercise in deconstructionism." South African Journal of Philosophy 38, no. 3 (2019): 330–45. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02580136.2019.1656961.

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Marcuzzi, Michael. "Dancing with the Divine(r): Batá Drumming, Ifá Divination, and Orisha Worship in Cuba." Canadian University Music Review 19, no. 2 (2013): 70–78. http://dx.doi.org/10.7202/1014448ar.

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This paper is an examination of similarities between batá drumming and Ifá divination among the Afrocuban socio-religious group, Lukumí. Primarily addressing the use of diametrically opposed social actions within each of these practices, the paper maintains that this juxtaposition of opposites is a constituent characteristic of divining modes—be they interpretive or mediumistic—in effecting suprahuman communication. The paper purports the necessity to examine batá drumming as a divination system; thus, it argues the need for an expanded construct of divination that can readily include musical
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Nwosimiri, Ovett. "Ifá Divination System as an Embodiment of both the Internalist and Externalist bases of Justification in African Epistemology." Filosofia Theoretica: Journal of African Philosophy, Culture and Religions 9, no. 1 (2020): 79–96. http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/ft.v9i1.6.

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An essential part of the concept of knowledge is the belief that the basic premises for knowledge must be justified. This means that for a knowledgeclaim to be true, there is a need for its justification. In African epistemology, the justification of beliefs and epistemic claims has mostly been considered from an externalist perspective such that justification appears to be one dimensional. Since epistemic claims can be justified using either the internalist or externalist perspective, this paper aims at showing that there are internalism and externalism in African epistemology and that Ifá di
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Adeseye, Bifátife Olufemi, Harry Olufunwa, and Afolabi Innocent Ariremako. "A literary analysis of Yoruba-Ifá oral poetry and its implication for entertainment and cultural education in Nigeria." EJOTMAS: Ekpoma Journal of Theatre and Media Arts 8, no. 1-2 (2022): 348–62. http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/ejotmas.v8i1-2.19.

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The article examines the potentials of Yoruba Ifá oral literature for entertainment and education, with an emphasis on the ways in which the desire for entertainment in narrative poetry can precede educational requirements. The study observes that Ifá narrative is an integral part of the complete Ifá divination process usually packaged in parable format. The inexhaustible nature of its source is affirmed by related studies done by Yoruba language and literature scholars. It is also observed that every attempt at translating any language to another often results in obliterating the imagery of t
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Ofuasia, Emmanuel, and Oladipupo Sunday Layi. "“Is it possible to do Postmodern Philosophy Unbeknownst?”: On Sophie Oluwole’s and Maulana Karenga’s “Deconstruction” of the Ifá Literary Corpus." Philosophia Africana 20, no. 2 (2021): 83–106. http://dx.doi.org/10.5325/philafri.20.2.0083.

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Abstract This article takes its inspiration from Jacques Derrida to consider how deconstructionism can be done inadvertently. This possibility is underscored when one considers how a very significant phrase in Ifá texts— “A díá fún . . .” has been construed away from its transliteration as “Ifá divination was performed for . . .” by each of Oluwole and Karenga. Oluwole justifies her “deconstruction” on the grounds that such transliteration does not capture the philosophic cogs gravid within Ifá verses. Karenga, through his Kawaida methodology, “improvises” to suit the ethical inferences he se
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Nwosimiri, Ovett. "How the idea of change has meddled with African cultural practices and the African sense of community." Arụmarụka: Journal of Conversational Thinking 2, no. 1 (2022): 24–46. http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/ajct.v2i1.2.

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The idea of change seems to be a vital part of human life and culture. With the concept of change, people, communities, and cultural practices have significantly evolved. Change has transformed some communities, traditions, cultural values and practices, communication methods, education, art, and literature. Thus, in this paper, I focus on the idea of change, African cultural practices, and the African sense of community. I aim to show how the concept of change has meddled with African cultural practices and the African sense of community. I intend to achieve this by using the Ifá divination s
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Abiodun, Rowland. "Oríkì and the making of an African sociologist: Akìwọwọ (Ifá priest who recites Ifá divination texts profusely by rote like pouring rain)". Journal of Contemporary African Studies 39, № 3 (2021): 330–39. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02589001.2020.1864818.

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Wariboko, Nimi. "Ifá Divination: Knowledge, Power, and Performance ed. by Jacob K. Olupona and Rowland O. Abiodun." Magic, Ritual, and Witchcraft 13, no. 2 (2018): 307–9. http://dx.doi.org/10.1353/mrw.2018.0030.

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Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Ifá divination"

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Ribeiro, Fernanda Leandro. "A concepção de riqueza no Ifá e nas religiões afro-brasileiras." Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo, 2014. https://tede2.pucsp.br/handle/handle/1926.

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Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-25T19:20:32Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Fernanda Leandro Ribeiro.pdf: 1930708 bytes, checksum: 491e4c96a5ab0d35c02dbbd4dc297aa9 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014-08-15<br>Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior<br>This dissertation consists of a literature search. It aims first to understand what the concept of wealth in Ifa among yoruba in West Africa, second, how this divination occurs in Brazil and finally, what the Ifa concept of wealth in Brazil and its possible influence on african- brazilian religions. The Ifá is a divination syst
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Konen, Alain. "La mécanique des secrets d'Ifa : compétences et savoir-faire des babalawo dans un rituel divinatoire cubain à La Havane." Doctoral thesis, Universite Libre de Bruxelles, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/2013/ULB-DIPOT:oai:dipot.ulb.ac.be:2013/210758.

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Viallet-Fournier, Marie-George. "Genèse et destin : pour une conception dynamogénique des mythes." Thesis, Dijon, 2012. http://www.theses.fr/2012DIJOL036/document.

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Si le mythe est devenu aujourd’hui une donnée incontournable pour comprendre l’âme humaine et ses différentes formes d’expression, il reste cependant équivoque et difficilement conceptualisable. En effet, le mythe est à la fois compris comme un récit fictif qui ne repose sur aucun fond de réalité mais aussi comme un discours vrai et hautement significatif. Pour bien marquer le sens philosophique de notre travail, nous avons commencé par poser le problème du mythe tel qu’il évolue dans la pensée européenne. Le mythe souffre d’une trop longue histoire, il a été déchiré entre rationalisme et roma
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Books on the topic "Ifá divination"

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A, María Magdalena Mattar. Sagrado oráculo del Ifá. Panapo, 2008.

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González, Antonio Jesús Ávila. Ifá y Orisa: Conocimientos orikis y oddún de Ifá. Editorial Comte d'Aure, 2013.

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Fatunmbi, Awo Fá'lokun. Awo: Ifá and the theology of Orisha divination. Original Publications, 1992.

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Àjàyí, Bádé. Ifa divination: Its practice among the Yoruba of Nigeria. Unilorin Press, 1996.

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Adéṣuyì, V. A. The practice of eerindinlogun divination of Oore Yeye Osun deity. Hosanna Printers, 1992.

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Toyin, Falola, ed. Ifa: The Yoruba god of divination in Nigeria and the United States. Africa World Press, 2008.

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Fá'Lokun, Fatunmbi Awo, ed. Ìbà'şȩ Òrìşà: Ifà proverbs, folktales, sacred history and prayer. Original Publications, 1994.

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Stella. Iròsùn. Autorale, 2021.

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Stella. Òsa. Autorale, 2020.

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Aróstegui, Natalia Bolívar. La sabiduría de los oráculos: Ifa, los caracoles y el coco. Editorial José Martí, 2018.

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Book chapters on the topic "Ifá divination"

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Akin-Otiko, Akinmayowa. "Ifá Divination: A Method of Diagnosing and Treating Chronic Illnesses/Àmódi among Yoruba People." In Chronic Illness, Spirituality, and Healing. Palgrave Macmillan US, 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/9781137348456_12.

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Gbadegesin, Segun. "Ifa, Divination System of." In Encyclopedia of African Religions and Philosophy. Springer Netherlands, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-024-2068-5_177.

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Koshikawa, Yoshiaki. "Practicing Ifá in Tokyo." In Spirited Diasporas. University Press of Florida, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.5744/florida/9781683403722.003.0009.

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Yoshiaki Koshikawa was born in 1952, shortly after the war, in a fishing town—Chiba, Japan. Koshikawa writes about his upbringing in a traditional large farming family and his family attending to both Buddhist and Shinto altars. Koshikawa visited Cuba for research and became initiated as a babalawo, a priest of Ifá divination in the Afro-Cuban religious system. Koshikawa writes about creating an orisha-worshipping community in Tokyo, where he resides
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Grillo, Laura S. "Divination in Afro-Caribbean Religions." In The Oxford Handbook of Caribbean Religions. Oxford University Press, 2024. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190916961.013.22.

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Abstract This chapter presents principles of divination and approaches to the study of Afro-Caribbean forms. Divination is the pivot on which critical religious practices—initiation, healing and protection, sacrifice, and possession trance—hinge. It commissions or sanctions these other rites. The chapter presents various practices in the Caribbean in detail, tracing their African origins while underscoring a common underlying logic. Featured traditions are obi, Ifá, and diloggun divination in Lucumí tradition in Cuba; Palo Monte and Kongo divinatory forms in Cuba; obeah and Myal in Jamaica; Po
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Kucklick-Arencibia, Sue. "How I Came to the Tradition." In Spirited Diasporas. University Press of Florida, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.5744/florida/9781683403722.003.0008.

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Sue Kucklick was born and raised in the suburbs of Cleveland, where her family owned a furniture store. She first encountered Orisha tradition on a trip to Florida. The people with whom she was staying had offended a Cuban artist by not paying for his work. Strange things began to occur around the house. Sue had a significant experience late one night. What seemed to be a female spirit approached and said what was going on was witchcraft and to not take anything from the house lest she becomes caught up in it. She often wondered about the experience since someone said what was happening was Sa
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"The Divination Poetry of Ifa." In Symposium of the Whole. University of California Press, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1525/9780520966345-033.

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Raphals, Lisa. "Which Gods if Any." In Ancient Divination and Experience. Oxford University Press, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198844549.003.0011.

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This chapter explores two important factors that led to differences in how Greek and Chinese interlocutors addressed mantic queries to divine powers, and argues that the relative absence of ‘gods’ in Chinese mantic practice (divination) had significant consequences for both cosmology and mantic practice itself. The first of these factors was different beliefs about the degree of direct divine involvement. Greek mantic practices consistently address gods directly, whereas some Chinese mantic methods are significantly grounded in cosmological contexts and calculations. The second was the Chinese
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Grottanelli, Cristiano. "Prophecy And Writing In The Ancient Near East." In Kings & Prophets. Oxford University PressNew York, NY, 1999. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780195071962.003.0010.

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Abstract Near-Eastern prophecy is, above all, a form of divination, although not exclusively so. In the societies of the ancient Near East divination plays a central role, and is one of the basic ways of knowing. The available documents illustrate that divination presides over all operative choices, at least those of the state and court. As a form of divination, prophecy displays the same central importance that generally accrues to Near-Eastern divination. We must immediately add, how ever, that prophecy is a unique type of divination. If divination consists largely in the deciphering of mess
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Durodolu, Oluwole Olumide, and Samuel Kelechukwu Ibenne. "Academic Divination." In Advances in Library and Information Science. IGI Global, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-6618-3.ch009.

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Information is a significant factor of production in the 21st century, and the effectiveness of other factors of production is contingent on the quality of information available. Production of goods and services will be inoperable if not adequately coordinated with current and time-tested knowledge. Hence, application of knowledge is key to increased and optimal utilisation of other factors of production. Available records put the contribution of Africa to global knowledge production at an insignificant rate of 1.1%. Therefore, the drive of this research is to evaluate the limiting factors to
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"Old Babylonian Celestial Divination." In If a Man Builds a Joyful House: Assyriological Studies in Honor of Erle Verdun Leichty. BRILL, 2006. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789047408239_029.

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