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The Yoruba settled in Ile-Ife thousands of years ago led by Oduduwa.
Understanding Yoruba Philosophy
The compound ‘Yoruba philosophy’ represents the comprehensive philosophical doctrine of the Yoruba people, on questions of logic, ethics, epistemology or metaphysics.
The Yoruba people have a moral philosophy, based on religion, that embraces the principle of higher unity.
For the Yoruba people, “Ori” literally means “head” in English, occupies the center of the sacred and supports the destiny of the body, all other parts of the body respond to it.
Yoruba philosophy considers that the universe consists of two eternal realities: Ori and Emi-
For the Yoruba, Ori means head, idea, reason, intellect, courage, will, reason, mind, spirit or temperament.
-Emi means breath, life, ghost, soul or conscious self.
The Yoruba philosophy considers that the universe consists of two eternal realities.
The Yoruba
The Yoruba settled in Ile-Ife thousands of years ago led by Oduduwa, organized and related in related complexes. Due to their tendency to form in large groups, the compounds became Empires.
The ancient Yoruba, those who first tried to understand the world were not mere “Lover of Wisdoms”, They gave us the categories of Philosophy, Ethics: philosophy of understanding good or evil – “Iwa” – (character). they observed the universe from the earliest days. They believe that the rights of others should be respected and introduced in all areas of life.
They studied spirituality in the universe and the purpose of the physical world. They focused their attention on the quality of nature, creating a historical background for the cultural practice of the Yoruba people; built on the discoveries of knowledge of civilization.
Oranmiyan
An example of a moral philosopher is Oranyan-Oranmiyan, a direct descendant of Oduduwa who introduced the Ifa System to the unifying philosophy of Yoruba culture. Ifa is a system where ideas, knowledge and wisdom were recorded. Oranmiyan ruled three different empires during his lifetime.
There are records of great activities in the production of arts that reached their peak of artistic expression in the 4th century BC. C. The practice of fine arts in the Ancient Yoruba Kingdoms was not limited to the professional artist, but also as a means of defining oneself.
Ifa is considered to be the oldest and long-established Yoruba philosophical system, inhabiting a world of poetry, rich in proverbs. Ifa is the compendium of ancient Yoruba culture.
Yoruba Philosophy – Ifa
The Ifá divination system answered philosophical questions about the universe, which is considered the traditional Yoruba Spiritual Knowledge, promoting the consciousness of unity and the mutual interrelation of all things. writing was a tool in the Ifa system and it takes about ten years to study Ifa fully.
The first science derived from the Yoruba of Ifa.
When we arrive at Ifa, it seems that we are in another world. There are stories of gods that are repulsive, that’s because they belong to folklore and they are real.
The first science derived from the Yoruba of Ifa. Ifa is useful for observational astronomy purposes.