Ifá divination, knowledge, power, and performance / edited by Jacob K. Olupona and Rowland O. Abiodun.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Olupona, Jacob K. (Jacob Kẹhinde), 1951- editor.

Abiodun, Rowland, editor.

John G. Hartman Memorial Library Fund.

Series:

African expressive cultures

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ifa.

Ifa (Religion).

Yoruba (African people)--Religion.

Yoruba (African people).

Divination.

Orisha religion.

Afro-Caribbean religions.

Ifa--Art.

Genre:

Art.

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

xvi, 371 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Bloomington : Indiana University Press, [2016]

Summary:

This landmark volume compiled by Jacob K. Olupona and Rowland O. Abiodun brings readers into the diverse world of Ifá-its discourse, ways of thinking, and artistic expression as manifested throughout the Afro-Atlantic. Firmly rooting Ifá within African religious traditions, the essays consider Ifá and Ifá divination from the perspectives of philosophy, performance studies, and cultural studies. They also examine the sacred context, verbal art, and the interpretation of Ifá texts and philosophy. With essays from the most respected scholars In the field, the book makes a substantial contribution toward understanding Ifá and its role in contemporary Yoruba and diaspora cultures. Book jacket.

Contents:

Foreword / His Royal Highness Oba Okunade Sijuade Olubuse II

Preface / Jacob K. Olupona and Rowland O. Abiodun

Introduction / Jacob K. Olupona and Rowland O. Abiodun with Niyi Afolabi

Ifa orature: its interpretation and translation

Ayajo as Ifa in mythical and sacred contexts / Ayo Opefeyitimi

Continuity and change in the verbal, artistic, ritualistic, and performance traditions of Ifa divination / Wande Abimbọla

Recasting Ifa : historicity and recursive recollection in ifa divination texts / Andrew Apter

Ifa, knowledge, performance, the sacred, and the medium / Olasope O. Oyelaran

"Writing" and "reference" in Ifa / Adéléke Adéè̳kó̳

Ifa as knowledge : theoretical questions and concerns

Ifa : sixteen odu, sixteen questions / Barry Hallen

Kin n'ifa wi? : philosophical issues in Ifa divination / Olufemi Taiwo

Diviner as explorer : the Afuwape paradigm / Rowland O. Abiodun

"The hunter thinks the monkey is not wise. the monkey is wise, but has its own logic" :

Multiple divination systems and multiple knowledge systems in Yoruba religious life / Mei-Mei Sanford

Dagbon, Oyo, Kongo : critical and comparative reflections on sacrifice / Wyatt MacGaffey

Ifa : the quintessential builder of our bank of images / Akinwumi Isola

Odu imole : Islamic tradition in Ifa and the Yoruba religious imagination / Jacob K. Olupona

Ifa in the Afro-Atlantic

Ifa divination as sacred compass for reading self and world / Velma Love

Itan odu oni : tales of strivers today / John Mason

Orunmila's faithful dog : transmitting sacred knowledge in a Lucumi Orisha tradition / Joseph M. Murphy

Mofa and the Oba : translation of Ifa epistemology in the Afro-Cuban dilogun / Ysamur M. Flores-Pena

The pai-de-santo and the babalawo : religious interaction and ritual rearrangements within Orisha religion / Stefania Capone

The role of women in the Ifa priesthood : inclusion versus exclusion / M. Ajisebo McElwaine Abimbola

Transnational Ifa : the "readings of the year" and contemporary economies of Orisa knowledge / Kamari Maxine Clarke

Sacred art in Ifa

The creatures of Ifa / Philip M. Peek

Of color, character, attributes, and values of Orunmila / Bolaji Campbell

Signs, doors, and games : divination's dynamic visual canon / Laura S. Grillo

Ifa : visual and sensorial aspects / Henry John Drewal

Art, culture, and creativity : the representation of Ifa in Yoruba video films / Akintunde Akinyemi.

Notes:

Papers from a conference held March 13-16, 2008 at Harvard University.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the John G. Hartman Memorial Library Fund.

ISBN:

9780253018908

9780253018823

025301882X

0253018900

OCLC:

906656628

Publisher Number:

99967147723