LEADER 04683nam 2200721 450 001 9910465999403321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-253-01890-0 010 $a0-253-01896-X 035 $a(CKB)3710000000614625 035 $a(EBL)4452959 035 $a(OCoLC)945376243 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001630728 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)16377995 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001630728 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)14071606 035 $a(PQKB)11449141 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4452959 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse52885 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4452959 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11175563 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL906611 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000614625 100 $a20150827h20162016 uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aIfa divination, knowledge, power, and performance /$fedited by Jacob K. Olupona and Rowland O. Abiodun 210 1$aBloomington :$cIndiana University Press,$d[2016] 210 4$d©2016 215 $a1 online resource (390 p.) 225 1 $aAfrican expressive cultures 300 $aPapers from a conference held March 13-16, 2008 at Harvard University. 311 $a0-86159-105-4 311 $a0-253-01882-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aForeword / 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 Abimbo?la -- 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 / Ade?le?ke Ade?©æe?k©æo?-- 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. 410 0$aAfrican expressive cultures. 606 $aIfa (Religion) 606 $aYoruba (African people)$xReligion 606 $aDivination 606 $aOrisha religion 606 $aAfro-Caribbean cults 606 $aIfa (Religion)$vArt 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aIfa (Religion) 615 0$aYoruba (African people)$xReligion. 615 0$aDivination. 615 0$aOrisha religion. 615 0$aAfro-Caribbean cults. 615 0$aIfa (Religion) 676 $a299.6/8333 702 $aOlupona$b Jacob K$g(Jacob Ke?hinde),$f1951- 702 $aAbiodun$b Rowland 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910465999403321 996 $aIfa divination, knowledge, power, and performance$92457107 997 $aUNINA