Aboru Aboye abosis, Around 2008, lecture by Professor Odeyemi (on) WHAT IS IFA? He stated that As a result of the spread of Ifá over the millennia, it has assumed different names in different countries and among different races. Thus, it is called Ifá among the Edos of Nigeria, Fá among the Fon of Republic of Benin. Eva BY Nupes, Ifa in Cuba, USA, Brazil, Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica, Surinarm and Haiti, Afá by the Ewe of Togo Ephod by Jews, Geomancy by Europeans and Malagasy as well as Ramal or Hati by Arabs. Ifá is also widespread in Africa… It is practiced among the Igbos of Eastern Nigeria, the Kamuku and Gwari of Northern Nigeria, the Igbirra in South Central Nigeria, the Jukun of Eastern Nigeria, and all the tribes in the region around the Cross Rivers. Among the Siwah people in the Sahara, Ifá is known as “Derb el raml” or “Derb el fu” It is also widely practiced in Ivory Coast, Ghana, Sierra Leone as well as in Liberia. The Napoleon Book of Fate is based entirely on Ifá. The Jewish Kabbala is based on Ifá. Indeed since Ifá is coexistent with Olodumare, the actual title of Ifá is Ifa Olodumare. Others call Him Orisa Agbaye (Lord of the Universe), Olorun (Owner of Heaven), Oodua (creator of Character and Destiny). The English call him God, the Muslims Allah (and 98 other names), the Jews, Jehova, the Edos, Osanobua etc, in accordance with the native language. In the same lecture he said, Therefore, Ifa is an entity that is developed into sectors or segments e.g infinite coding. In addition, UNESCO (2003) stated Under the influence of colonial rule and religious pressures, traditional beliefs and practices were discriminated against. The Ifa priests, most of whom are quite old, have only modest means to maintain the tradition, transmit their complex knowledge and train future practitioners. As a result, the youth and the Yoruba people are losing interest in practising and consulting Ifa divination, which goes hand-in-hand with growing intolerance towards traditional divination systems in general. Today, there are people who has gone out of their way to make Ifa look bad, by defamatory statements about people who have been practicing IFA for years and believe in America ifa. He is olomitutu closest friend. He claims she is his sister. He has placed it on fraud page. How will Ifa continue to grow? What will it take for these detractors to stop cyber bullying and cyber stalking?
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