The concept of good character in ifi literary corpus mensah sarbah akan religion 07 part three culture and identity queen hatshepsut her assertion of her power114 109 contents. The university is in the ancient city of ileife, osun state, nigeria. This is a position he was chosen to fill in 1987 by the assembled elder babal wos of nigeria. Chief wande abimbla born 24 december 1932 is a nigerian academician, a professor of. The afroasiatic roots of jewish, christian and muslim religions new york, syracuse university press, 1997.
He has also served as the majority leader of the senate of the federal republic of nigeria. One of the foremost of these is wande abimbola born in 1936, who in 1987 was selected by the elder babalawos in nigeria to be the awise awo agbaye chief spokesperson of ifa and yoruba religion and culture. Wande abimbola y ifa divination we mean ifa and related systems of divination based on the stories and symbols of the odu such as dida owo divination with the sacred divining chain called opele and et. The asr publishes the highest quality african studies scholarship in all academic disciplines.
Ifa divination trays from isaleoyo higher intellect. Each odu or book is supposed to contain eight hundred stories yielding a total of 256 multiplied by 800 which equals 204 800 stories. Abimbola has continually pursued the use of ifa divination poetry and literature. He has written extensively on the position occupied by ifa divination in yoruba pantheon.
Bascom 1969, another enthusiastic writer on ifa divination and its religious implications, submits that indeed, ifa divination is a means of commu. This paper is a study of the images and patterns on ifa divination trays from isaleoyo. In a similar vein, yoruba philosophy can be considered antecedent to yoruba religion, in the same manner that every. Osun and the origins of the ifa divination wande abimbola y ifa divination we mean ifa and related systems of divination based on the stories and symbols of the odu such as dida owo divination with the sacred divining chain called opele and et. Believers must oppose violence to promote peace, true. Executive director of the american chamber of commerce in georgia outlines gains in anticorruption efforts in the former soviet republic when george. Oct 27, 2011 sitting to the popes right were orthodox ecumenical patriarch bartholomew of constantinople and anglican archbishop rowan williams of canterbury, and to his left were rabbi david rosen, representing the chief rabbinate of israel, and wande abimbola, president of a nigerian institute that promotes the study of the culture and traditional. Victor abimbola olaiya 19302020, nigerian musician. The word for head in yorubaoricarries physical and spiritual connotations that cannot be separated.
Yoruba ijala oxford, 1968, the works of wande abimbola on the poetry of ifa including a num. In 2003 abimbola was appointed the adviser to the president of nigeria on culture and tradition. See the complete profile on linkedin and discover abimbolas connections and jobs at similar companies. Prehistoric origins of the igbo the neverbeenruled authors preface by catherine acholonu with contributions by eddy olumba and ajay prabhakar first presented in part at the 6th annual igbo studies conference, howard university, washington d. Program at a glance association for global new thought.
Kleinman, depression, somatization, and the new ross. Full text of encyclopedia of african religion see other formats. All interviewed agreed to be called and did respond to the name baba awo. Pdf ifa divination trays from isaleoyo researchgate. From the oral culture of its distant past to its vibrant present and buoyed by its scholarly discourses, yoruba philosophy is best understood as a folk philosophy, a set of narratives and cultural practices that attempt to explain the causes and the nature of things affecting the corporeal and the. Ifa, however, does not make use of single signs even though ifa literature refers to it. History of university of lagos unilag best school news. Wande abimbola, images of women in the ifa literary corpus, annals of the new. The ori holds the bodys knowledge and is its destiny. Welcome awise agbayes family and friends worldwide. The ashby commissions report, titled investment in education, recommended the establishment of a new university in lagos, the then federal capital, to provide education for students in economics, commerce, business administration, and higher management studies. This list about a living person needs additional citations for verification. His discussion of the yoruba concept of destiny and ori is most helpful to my work.
Chief wande abimbla born 24 december 1932 is a nigerian academician, a professor of yoruba language and literature, and a former vicechancellor of the university of ife now obafemi awolowo university. Department of english, obafemi awolowo university, ileife, nigeria. Caxton, 1976 tolani asuni, therapeutic ommunities of the hospital and villages in aro hospital complex in nigeria, african journal of psychiatry 11979. Founded in 1997, has become a leading book price comparison site. Subway painters of new york city in 2002 and collaborated with wande abimbola on ifa will mend our broken world. The shortlisted stories will be published in june in new internationalists 2018 caine prize anthology, redemption song, and through copublishers in 16 african countries who receive a printready pdf free of charge. When they call you omoluabi in yorubaland, it means. Incidentally, the journal, west african reigion, whose. Wande abimbola world spokesperson for ifa and yoruba religion, nigeria 09.
Osun and the origins of the ifa divination wande abimbola y ifa divination we mean ifa and related systems of divination based on the stories and symbols of the odu such as dida owo divination with the sacred divining chain called opele. Last years winner of the prize was sudanese writer, bushra alfadil. He has held professorships or distinguished visiting professorships at ahmadu bello nigeria, lagos, stirling, windsor canada, canterbury nz, ben gurion israel, angers france paris iii, paris vii, and north alabama. The concept of good character in ifa literary corpus, yoruba oral tradition. Yoruba has been commonly applied to a large group, united more by language than by culture, whose members speak of themselves as oyo, egba, ijebu, ife, ilesha and the other names of the various tribes daryll forde, the yorubaspeaking peoples of southwestern nigeria 1951 pg. The hausa word for the yoruba language is yarbanci. His focus is on ifa prose, poetry, mythology and divination.
Oyo, usually referred to as oyo state to distinguish it from the city of oyo, is an inland state in southwestern nigeria, with its capital at ibadan. May 15, 2018 this is a great book that consists of a collection of yoruba idiomatic expressions, edited by wande abimbola. Nov 09, 2019 the eric ashby commission on post school certificate and higher education was established by the nigerian government in may 1959. Believers must oppose violence to promote peace, true faith, pope says. Professor wande abimbola, presents the basic foundations of yoruba religion and culture in the most accessible form, with characteristic. In order to achieve rapid industrialization and development after independence, nigeria needed to invest in the training of a professional workforce. Pdf this paper is a study of the images and patterns on ifa divination trays from isaleoyo.
Prof wande abimbola awise awo agbaye world spokesperson for ifa and yoruba religion born to nigerian tradition bearers, and grounded in the ancient oral tradition, wande abimbola is a babalawo or priest of ifa, prolific author, and an academic authority on yoruba religion which has over 70 million followers in africa and the americas. In nigeria, successive governments see improving educational access and quality as essential to national economic and political development. All the signs are coupled either as oju odu major odu or as omo odu minor odu. Wande abimbola has shed significant light on ifa in yoruba religion 1967 and 1969. The yoruba concept of good character in yoruba oral literature, wande abimbola ed. Nok, 1977 abimbola, wande, sixteen great poems of ifa paris. Abimbola diminutive form as bimbo is both a yoruba surname and a unisex given name meaning.
The academic study of religion in nigeria sciencedirect. The ashby commissions report, titled investment in education, recommended the establishment of a new university in lagos, the then federal capital, to provide education for students in economics, commerce, business administration, and higher. Velma love examines the oduthe yoruba sacred scripturesalong with the accompanying mythology, philosophy, and ritual technologies engaged by african americans. Jan 14, 2007 abimbola, wande, ifa divination poetry new york. This is the official university of lagos unilag blogs for latest.
Obafemi awolowo university oau, formerly known as university of ife, is a federal government owned and operated nigerian university. Even when postmodern philosophy reveals divergent thematic issues and approaches, as corollary to the enormous scholarly intentions in the field, three common denominators are deepseated. Australian aboriginal spirituality new religious movements perspectives. An exposition of ifa literary corpus by wande abimbola. The eric ashby commission on post school certificate and higher education was established by the nigerian government in may 1959. There are two hundred and fiftysix odu or books of ifa.
Abimbola has continually pursued the use of ifa divination poetry and literature as sources of historical evidence abimbola, 1969. This book is a series of interviews with wande abimbola on various aspects of yoruba life, religion and. Enslavement and transplantation of black africans in the new world led to dispersal of african. The concept of good character in ifi literary corpus mensah sarbah akan religion 07 part three culture and identity. The concept of good character in ifa literary corpus wande abimbola 32. Read ifa will mend our broken world online by wande abimbola.
Wande abimbola occupies the position of awise awo ni agbaye, spokesperson and ambassador for the yor b religion and culture in the world. The asr publishes the highest quality african studies s. The paper establishes that ifa trays from isaleoyo bear distinctive features when compared with other ifa trays in yorubaland such as those of ijebu and osogbo. He chanted a poem, shaking a rattle made of an animal tusk or horn. Bascom 1969, another enthusiastic writer on ifa divination and its. Believers must oppose violence to promote peace, true faith. Wande abimbola, a wellknown and widely respected ifa priest and scholar of religion, focuses on the structural and technical aspects of the ifa literary corpus, the system of divination through which it is accessed, and its cultural background. Ifadivinationpoetrywandeabimbola 1410211644 conversion gate. Gill, academic study of religion, pdf adobe reader journal of american religion world eras encyclopedia, vol. It is bounded in the north by kwara state, in the east by osun state, in the south by ogun state and in the west partly by ogun state and partly by the republic of benin. The university of lagos is a federal government research university in lagos state, southwestern nigeria. Discussions of folktales have a considerable literature to draw on, not to mention wellestablished methodologies and reference works such as thompsons motif.
Abimbola awoliyi 19101971, nigerian physician, victor abimbola olaiya 19302020, nigerian musician. Araba, they all agree is a chieftain titlereserved for the head of the baba awo within an area. July 20 learn how and when to remove this template message. Psychiatry in nigeria in the era of colonization and. View abimbola ayodejis profile on linkedin, the worlds largest professional community. Divining the self weaves elements of personal narrative, myth, history, and interpretive analysis into a vibrant tapestry that reflects the textured, embodied, and performative nature of scripture and scripturalizing practices. Phrases are deciphered, explained in yoruba, translated into english and an example is included. Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately, especially if potentially libelous or harmful. Thoughts on yoruba culture in west africa and the diaspora in 1997. The awi awo agbaye president heritage institute state.