Ifá Priestcraft: Ifáyemí Elébuìbon and Yorùbá Ancestral Knowledge Systems: Yorùbá Worlds
Autor Toyin Falolaen Limba Engleză Hardback – 7 iul 2026
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780299357108
ISBN-10: 0299357104
Pagini: 400
Ilustrații: 50 illus.
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 mm
Greutate: 0.45 kg
Editura: University of Wisconsin Press
Colecția University of Wisconsin Press
Seria Yorùbá Worlds
ISBN-10: 0299357104
Pagini: 400
Ilustrații: 50 illus.
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 mm
Greutate: 0.45 kg
Editura: University of Wisconsin Press
Colecția University of Wisconsin Press
Seria Yorùbá Worlds
Notă biografică
Toyin Falola is Distinguished Teaching Professor and Jacob and Frances Sanger Mossiker Chair in the Humanities at the University of Texas at Austin. Falola is the author or editor of more than 150 books on African history, politics, and society. He is the recipient of twenty-eight honorary doctorates from around the world as well as more than forty lifetime achievement awards.
Cuprins
Preface
Note on Translation
Acknowledgments
Notes
Index
Note on Translation
Introduction: Cosmologies in Global Historical Context
1. Ẹlẹ́bùibọn: The Preternatural Voyage of a Mystic
2. Being: The Immaterial Beginning
3. Human Actions and Destiny
4. Sacrifices and Sacred Communications
5. The Invisible Hands
6. Ọbàtálá and His Children: Constructing a Functional Society
7. Ọ̀rúnmìlà and Akápò: Conflict Management and Resolution in Ifá
8. Inclusivity and Gender in Ifá
9. Sacredness in the World
10. Àśę: The Performative Force of Ìwúre
11. Ẹlẹ́bùibọn: Ifa Epistemologies and Yoruba Cosmologies
Conclusion: Ẹlẹ́bùibọn and Cosmologies in Contemporary Society
1. Ẹlẹ́bùibọn: The Preternatural Voyage of a Mystic
2. Being: The Immaterial Beginning
3. Human Actions and Destiny
4. Sacrifices and Sacred Communications
5. The Invisible Hands
6. Ọbàtálá and His Children: Constructing a Functional Society
7. Ọ̀rúnmìlà and Akápò: Conflict Management and Resolution in Ifá
8. Inclusivity and Gender in Ifá
9. Sacredness in the World
10. Àśę: The Performative Force of Ìwúre
11. Ẹlẹ́bùibọn: Ifa Epistemologies and Yoruba Cosmologies
Conclusion: Ẹlẹ́bùibọn and Cosmologies in Contemporary Society
Acknowledgments
Notes
Index
Recenzii
“A lavish invitation to discover Yorùbá cosmology through the lens of Ifá, a spiritual system of knowledge and divination. Falola offers critical insights into Yorùbá spirituality and cultural continuity—essential for scholars of African studies and diaspora histories.”