Ifá
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Sep 3, 2026
AdwoaGUEST
So we see it a lot in diaspora, for instance, in Brazil or Cuba.
AdwoaGUEST
They've kind of syncretized Catholicism with, um, Yoruba Ifa traditional religion to make, like, Candomblé or Santería.
Rotimi Merriman-JohnsonHOST
Mm-hmm.
AdwoaGUEST
Um, so if you go to Brazil, you'll see them even speak Yoruba.
Rotimi Merriman-JohnsonHOST
Mm.
Rotimi Merriman-JohnsonHOST
Mm
SolomonGUEST
... um, there's the Ifa system, um, or, and Isese.
SolomonGUEST
Um, so for Ifa, um, the, I guess the supreme deity is Olodumare.
Karin BarberGUEST
They collected proverbs and published them.
Karin BarberGUEST
There was one important pioneer who collected Ifa divination poetry and published that in two books.
Karin BarberGUEST
And of course, the Church Missionary Society also had a very famous and very long-lasting series of school readers called Iwe Kika, Iwe Kika 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, five volumes in the series.
Karin BarberGUEST
And this contained a lot of original material, especially history written by very well-informed authors.
Karin BarberGUEST
They collected proverbs and published them.
Karin BarberGUEST
And there was one important pioneer who collected Ifa divination poetry and published that in two books.
Karin BarberGUEST
And of course, the Church Missionary Society also had a very famous and very long-lasting series of school readers called Iwe Kika, Iwe Kika 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, five volumes in the series.
Karin BarberGUEST
And this contained a lot of original material, especially history written by very well-informed authors.
Karin BarberGUEST
They collected proverbs and published them.
Karin BarberGUEST
There was one important pioneer who collected Ifa divination poetry and published that in two books.
Karin BarberGUEST
And of course, the Church Missionary Society also had a very famous and very long-lasting series of school readers called Iwe Kika, Iwe Kika 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, five volumes in the series.
Karin BarberGUEST
And this contained a lot of original material, especially history written by very well-informed authors.
Karin BarberGUEST
They collected proverbs and published them.
Karin BarberGUEST
There was one important pioneer who collected Ifa divination poetry and published that in two books.
Karin BarberGUEST
And of course, the Church Missionary Society also had a very famous and very long-lasting series of school readers called Iwe Kika, Iwe Kika 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, five volumes in the series, and this contained a lot of original material, especially history written by very well-informed authors.
Karin BarberGUEST
So that was the first phase, and then in the 1920s there was an absolute explosion of new newspapers, a lot of new English language papers, but alongside them there were five weekly papers in Yoruba with English sections to increase the breadth of the audience.
Karin BarberGUEST
They collected proverbs and published them.
Karin BarberGUEST
There was one important pioneer who collected Ifa divination poetry and published that in two books.
Karin BarberGUEST
And of course, the Church Missionary Society also had a very famous and very long-lasting series of school readers called Iwe Kika, Iwe Kika 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, five volumes in the series, and this contained a lot of original material, especially history written by very well-informed authors.
Karin BarberGUEST
So that was the first phase, and then in the 1920s there was an absolute explosion of new newspapers, a lot of new English language papers, but alongside them there were five weekly papers in Yoruba with English sections to increase the breadth of the audience.
Karin BarberGUEST
They collected proverbs and published them.
Karin BarberGUEST
And there was one important pioneer who collected Ifa divination poetry and published that in two books.
Karin BarberGUEST
And of course, the Church Missionary Society also had a very famous and very long-lasting series of school readers called Iwe Kika, Iwe Kika 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, five volumes in the series.
Karin BarberGUEST
And this contained a lot of original material, especially history written by very well-informed authors.
Karin BarberGUEST
They collected proverbs and published them.
Karin BarberGUEST
And there was one important pioneer who collected Ifa divination poetry and published that in two books.
Karin BarberGUEST
And of course, the Church Missionary Society also had a very famous and very long-lasting series of school readers called Iwe Kika, Iwe Kika 12345, five volumes in the series, and this contained a lot of original material, especially history written by very well-informed authors.
Karin BarberGUEST
So that was the first phase, and then in the 1920s there was an absolute explosion of new newspapers, a lot of new English language papers, but alongside them there were five weekly papers in Yoruba with English sections to increase the breadth of the audience.