Ifa, otherwise known as Orunmila, is the Yoruba god of wisdom (divination). He is one of the principal deities of the Yoruba people and it is believed to be one of the great ministers Olodumare (the ...

IFA, otherwise known as Orunmila is the Yoruba god of wisdom (Divination). He is one of the principal deities of the Yoruba people and it is believed to be one of the great ministers Olodumare (the ...

Art matters in our lives. In this series, Lagniappe presents a different work each week from the collection of the New Orleans Museum of Art, with commentary from a curator. The opon ifa, or ...

Extracted from: Dialogue and alliance (New York) 3 (2) summer 1989, pages 24-29. Yoruba divination, known as Ifa, utilizes a wide range of artifacts from unadorned natural objects, such as the palm ...

Priests of the Afro-Cuban Ifá-Oracle are increasingly using smartphones in their divination sessions. One particular application allows the meanings and recommendations of all the 256 existing oracle ...

Ifa concept of cosmology as basis for divination -- The use of ancestor reverance in divination -- Divination with four cowries -- Transposing four coweries into Odu -- Obi Abata -- Merindinlogun -- ...