The Wisdom of Ifá

Eric M. Bridges; Sheila Smith McKoy; LaJuan Simpson-Wilkey

doi:10.5771/9781666931419

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Copyright year: 2024
ISBN-Print: 978-1-6669-3140-2
ISBN-Online: 978-1-6669-3141-9
Publisher: Lexington, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 178
Product type: Edited Book

1. Dedication No access
2. Contents No access
3. Acknowledgments No access
4. Introduction No access
1. References No access
1. The Nature of Orí No access
2. Other Factors for a Successful Life No access
3. Conclusion No access
4. References No access
1. Plant Life: Lessons from Osayin No access
2. The Dynamism of Water No access
3. Messengers of the Gods No access
4. Earth as a Deity No access
5. Moving Forward No access
6. Notes No access
7. References No access
1. What Were Oyotunji’s Ideological Foundations? No access
2. Who Were Oyotunji’s Founders? No access
3. Why Was Oyotunji Founded? No access
4. What Was Oyotunji Village’s Legacy? No access
5. Conclusion No access
6. Notes No access
7. References No access
1. References No access
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1. 1. Study Purpose No access
  2. Research Questions No access
2. Review of the Literature: Afrocentric Theory and Pedagogy: Incarnations, Pioneers, and Scholars No access
3. 1. Afrofuturism and the Re-imagining of Black Futurity No access
  2. If Afrocentric Pedagogy Is Incomplete without Afrofuturism, Does Culturally Relevant Pedagogy Address Gaps? No access
4. Theoretical Framework No access
5. 1. 1. Sankofa No access
6. Application and Examples No access
7. Conclusion No access
8. Notes No access
9. References No access
1. Aché and Power No access
2. Making Change through the Currency of Aché No access
3. Creating Change and Fulfilling Destiny No access
4. Notes No access
5. References No access
1. Notes No access
2. References No access
1. The Mouth and Breast as Divinatory Tools No access
2. Why Feed the World? No access
3. Who Feed’s the World? No access
4. How Can We Stop World Hunger? No access
5. Breasts the Sustainer of Life No access
6. Awo Breast, Cast Ifá for Breast No access
7. Only Ifá and Omú Can Simultaneously Nurture and Sustain No access
8. The Wisdom of Omú No access
9. Breast Chakras No access
10. Conclusion No access
11. Notes No access
12. References No access
1. The Bastard of the West No access
2. The Embattled Iwapele No access
3. Religious Bastardization No access
4. Note No access
5. References No access
Conclusion No access Pages 167 - 170
Index No access Pages 171 - 174
About the Contributors No access Pages 175 - 178