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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…mehr
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.
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Autorenporträt
Jacob K. Olupona is Professor of African Religious Traditions at Harvard Divinity School and Professor of African and African American Studies at Harvard University. He is author of City of 201 Gods: Ile-Ife in Time, Space, and the Imagination and editor of Orisa Devotion as World Religion: The Globalization of Yoruba Religious Culture. Rowland O. Abiodun is John C. Newton Professor of Art, the History of Art, and Black Studies at Amherst College. He is author of Yoruba Art and Language: Seeking the African in African Art and What Follows Six is More than Seven: Understanding African Art.
Inhaltsangabe
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 Part I. Ifá Orature: Its Interpretation and Translation 1. Ayajo as Ifá in Mythical and Sacred Contexts / Ayo Opefeyitimi 2. Continuity and Change in the Verbal, Artistic, Ritualistic, and Performance Traditions of Ifá Divination / Wándé Abímblá 3. Recasting Ifá: Historicity and Recursive Recollection in Ifá Divination Texts / Andrew Apter 4. Ifá, Knowledge, Performance, the Sacred, and the Medium / Olasope O. Oyelaran 5. "Writing" and "Reference" in Ifá / AdeìleìkeÌ AdeìeÌòkoòì Part II. Ifá as Knowledge: Theoretical Questions and Concerns 6. Ifá: Sixteen Odù, Sixteen Questions / Barry Hallen 7. Kín N'Ifá Wí?: Philosophical Issues in Ifá Divination / Olúfeìòmi Táíwò 8. Diviner as Explorer: The Afuwape Paradigm / Rowland O. Abiodun 9. "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 Yorùbá Religious Life / Mei-Mei Sanford 10. Dagbon, Oyo, Kongo: Critical and Comparative Reflections on Sacrifice / Wyatt MacGaffey 11. Ifá: The Quintessential Builder of Our Bank of Images / Akínwùmí Ìsola 12. Odù Imole: Islamic Tradition in Ifá and the Yorùbá Religious Imagination / Jacob K. Olupona Part III. Ifá in the Afro-Atlantic 13. Ifá Divination as Sacred Compass for Reading Self and World / Velma Love 14. Ìtan Odù Òní: Tales of Strivers Today / John Mason 15. Orunmila's Faithful Dog: Transmitting Sacred Knowledge in a Lucumí Orisha Tradition / Joseph M. Murphy 16. Mofá and the Oba: Translation of Ifá Epistemology in the Afro-Cuban Dilogún / Ysamur M. Flores-Peña 17. The Pai-de-santo and the Babaláwo: Religious Interaction and Ritual Rearrangements within Orisha Religion / Stefania Capone 18. The Role of Women in the Ifá Priesthood: Inclusion versus Exclusion / M. Ajisebo McElwaine Abimbola 19. Transnational Ifá: The "Readings of the Year" and Contemporary Economies of Orisa Knowledge / Kamari Maxine Clarke Part IV. Sacred Art in Ifá 20. The Creatures of Ifá / Philip M. Peek 21. Of Color, Character, Attributes, and Values of Orunmila / Bolaji Campbell 22. Signs, Doors, and Games: Divination's Dynamic Visual Canon / Laura S. Grillo 23. Ifá: Visual and Sensorial Aspects / Henry John Drewal 24. Art, Culture, and Creativity: The Representation of Ifá in Yorùbá Video Films / Akintunde Akinyemi List of Contributors Index
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 Part I. Ifá Orature: Its Interpretation and Translation 1. Ayajo as Ifá in Mythical and Sacred Contexts / Ayo Opefeyitimi 2. Continuity and Change in the Verbal, Artistic, Ritualistic, and Performance Traditions of Ifá Divination / Wándé Abímblá 3. Recasting Ifá: Historicity and Recursive Recollection in Ifá Divination Texts / Andrew Apter 4. Ifá, Knowledge, Performance, the Sacred, and the Medium / Olasope O. Oyelaran 5. "Writing" and "Reference" in Ifá / AdeìleìkeÌ AdeìeÌòkoòì Part II. Ifá as Knowledge: Theoretical Questions and Concerns 6. Ifá: Sixteen Odù, Sixteen Questions / Barry Hallen 7. Kín N'Ifá Wí?: Philosophical Issues in Ifá Divination / Olúfeìòmi Táíwò 8. Diviner as Explorer: The Afuwape Paradigm / Rowland O. Abiodun 9. "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 Yorùbá Religious Life / Mei-Mei Sanford 10. Dagbon, Oyo, Kongo: Critical and Comparative Reflections on Sacrifice / Wyatt MacGaffey 11. Ifá: The Quintessential Builder of Our Bank of Images / Akínwùmí Ìsola 12. Odù Imole: Islamic Tradition in Ifá and the Yorùbá Religious Imagination / Jacob K. Olupona Part III. Ifá in the Afro-Atlantic 13. Ifá Divination as Sacred Compass for Reading Self and World / Velma Love 14. Ìtan Odù Òní: Tales of Strivers Today / John Mason 15. Orunmila's Faithful Dog: Transmitting Sacred Knowledge in a Lucumí Orisha Tradition / Joseph M. Murphy 16. Mofá and the Oba: Translation of Ifá Epistemology in the Afro-Cuban Dilogún / Ysamur M. Flores-Peña 17. The Pai-de-santo and the Babaláwo: Religious Interaction and Ritual Rearrangements within Orisha Religion / Stefania Capone 18. The Role of Women in the Ifá Priesthood: Inclusion versus Exclusion / M. Ajisebo McElwaine Abimbola 19. Transnational Ifá: The "Readings of the Year" and Contemporary Economies of Orisa Knowledge / Kamari Maxine Clarke Part IV. Sacred Art in Ifá 20. The Creatures of Ifá / Philip M. Peek 21. Of Color, Character, Attributes, and Values of Orunmila / Bolaji Campbell 22. Signs, Doors, and Games: Divination's Dynamic Visual Canon / Laura S. Grillo 23. Ifá: Visual and Sensorial Aspects / Henry John Drewal 24. Art, Culture, and Creativity: The Representation of Ifá in Yorùbá Video Films / Akintunde Akinyemi List of Contributors Index
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