Talk:Opon Ifá

A fact from Opon Ifá appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 5 July 2019 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows: Did you know... that the designs on opon Ifá divination trays praise and acknowledge the work of the babalawo? A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2019/July. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Opon Ifá.

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This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 24 January 2019 and 16 May 2019. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): Sangbin1999.

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Sangbin1999 (talk) 00:41, 9 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Described the function and cosmology associated with the zoomorphic markings depicted on select opon ifas. Sangbin1999 (talk) 00:19, 6 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Introduced a new section on cosmology -- specifically, the relationship between Ifa and Esu according to Yoruba folk tales and an odu.

Sangbin1999 (talk) 02:14, 4 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Performed major edits to main article a week ago by copying and pasting from my sandbox. Expanded the lead, and introduced a new source from Peter Morton-Williams. Sorted existing text into two subheadings: "Structure," and "Usage in Divination" and elaborated with new information with emphasis on actual ritual proceedings and the design of the divination tray. Working on including more research on diasporic variations in design and usage of opon ifás.

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Sangbin1999 (talk) 03:28, 22 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I'm currently working on augmenting the existing cited sources and incorporating new material as well. Bulleted are some minor notes and below them is a working bibliography that will be updated as I find new sources.

-Reference number two is a broken link -I will try to add a functional link to cited source #4 (Pogoson). Edit: Link added.

Bibliography -Morton-Williams, P., Bascom, W., McLelland, E.M. 1966. “Two Studies of Ifa Divination. Introduction: The Mode of Divination.” Africa: Journal of the International African Institute 36(4): 406-431. -Clarke, J.D. 1939. “Ifa Divination.” The Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain 69(2): 235-256. -Bascom, William R. “The Sanctions of Ifa Divination.” The Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, vol. 71, no. 1/2, 1941, pp. 43–54. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/2844400. -Odun Ifa: Olupona, Jacob K. Research in African Literatures, vol. 34, no. 2, 2003, pp. 225–229. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/4618316.

-IGALA: Boston, J. S. “Ifa Divination in Igala.” Africa: Journal of the International African Institute, vol. 44, no. 4, 1974, pp. 350–360. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/1159055. -ISALE-OYO: Pogoson, O.I., Akande, A.O. 2011. “Ifa Divination Trays from Isale-Oyo.” Cadernos de Estudos Africanos 21: 15-41.

Sangbin1999 (talk) 00:03, 2 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]