Search Results - "Ifà"

Ifa divination, knowledge, power, and performance /

Table of Contents: “…Ayajo as Ifá in mythical and sacred contexts /…”
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Mass transfer characteristics of floating media in MBBR and IFAS fixed-film systems / by Melcer, Henryk, Schuler, Andrew J.

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Village of curers and assassins : on the production of Fala Kpelle cosmological categories by Bellman, Beryl, 1941-

Table of Contents: “…KNOWING ONESELF AND THE PRACTICE OF IFA MO --…”
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Yoruba art and language : seeking the African in African art by Abiodun, Rowland

Table of Contents: “…Ọ̀rúnmìlà : henceforth, Ifá priests will ride horses --…”

Paul Stopforth by Stopforth, Paul

“…Taxi (IFAS (Institute : South Africa)) ;…”

Folktales of the Jews

Table of Contents: “…The Three-Day Fair in Balta (IFA 708) -- 2. The Kaddish (IFA 18159) -- 3. The House Vanished with All Its Inhabitants (IFA7290) -- 4. …”
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The Yoráubâa traditional healers of Nigeria by Adekson, Mary Olufunmilayo

Table of Contents: “…Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1 Introduction; Cultural and Methodological Context; Methodology and Hypotheses; Need for the Study; Focus and Potential Applicability of Study; Important/Critical Concepts, Names and Terms; Tradition; Traditional Medicine; Traditional Healers; Babaláwo; Divining; Diviners; Herbalists; Traditional Counseling; Dean of Healers; Odù Ifá; Ifá; Divining Chain; Alternative Medicine; Disease or Ill Health; Illness; Client; Yorùbá; Olódùmarè; The gods; Summary; Chapter 2 Review of Related Literature.…”
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The Sufi orders in Islam by Trimingham, J. Spencer (John Spencer), 1904-1987

Table of Contents: “…The Chief Tariqa Lines ---- III. The Formation of Ta'ifas; IV. Nineteenth-Century Revival Movements ---- V. …”
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Arts of being Yorùbá : divination, allegory, tragedy, proverb, panegyric by Adéè̳kó̳, Adéléke

Table of Contents: “…"Writing" and "reference" in Ifá divination chants -- Culture, meaning, proverbs (for Oyekan Owomoyela, in memoriam) -- Reading, writing, and epistemic instability in Fágúnwà's adventures -- Sex, gender, and plot in Fágúnwà's adventures -- Akínwùmí Ìsòlá's Efúnsetán Aníwúrà and Yorùbá woman-being -- Photography and the panegyric in contemporary Yorùbá culture.…”
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What Gender is Motherhood? : Changing Yoru?ba? Ideals of Power, Procreation, and Identity in the Age of Modernity. by Oyewumi, Oyeronke

Table of Contents: “…Divining Knowledge: The Man Question in Ifá; 2. (Re)Casting the Yorùbá World: Ifá, Ìyá, and the Signification of Difference; 3. …”
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Insight and artistry in African divination

Table of Contents: “…Strother -- The slit-drum and body imagery in mediumistic divination among the Yaka / René Devisch -- Art and divination among Chokwe, Lunda, Luvale, and other related peoples of northwestern Zambia / Manuel Jordán -- Divination as a fundamental organizing principle in equatorial Africa / Alisa LaGamma -- Where the mouse is omniscient: the mouse oracle among the Guro / Lorenz Homberger -- Variations on a theme: ritual, performance, intellect / Barry Hallen -- Continuity and change in the verbal, artistic, ritualistic, and performance traditions of Ifa divination / Wande Abimbola -- Riding the horse of praise: the mounted figure motif in Ifa divination sculpture / Rowland Abiodun.…”

Collection Françoise et Jean Corlay : arts d'Afrique.

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The Muslims of medieval Italy by Metcalfe, A. (Alex)

Table of Contents: “…Muslim expansion into the central Mediterranean -- The consolidation of Muslim authority in Sicily -- Fatimid rule in Sicily -- The civil war and Sicilian ṭā'ifa period -- The Norman conquest of Muslim Sicily -- Muslims under early Norman rule : churches, charters and lordships -- The Muslims in the kingdom of Sicily -- The Normans in Africa -- The Muslim massacres of the 1160s -- Eunuchs, familiars, collaborators and conspirators -- Monreale and the Muslims -- The art of leisure -- The science of power -- The Muslim revolts and the colony at Lucera.…”
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Religion and ethics

Table of Contents: “…Cover; CONTENTS; EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD; Guest editorial; Market justice, religious orientation, and entrepreneurial attitudes; Ifa, the deity of wisdom, and importance of work among the Yoruba people; A humility-based enterprising community: the Amish people in Lancaster County; The overlooked rugged communitarians of Ireland; Religion and entrepreneurship in New Zealand; The modern Weberian thesis: a short review of the literature; An empirical note on entrepreneurial activity, intrinsic religiosity and economic growth; Book review.…”
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Determination of a suitable mud window under HM and THM-coupled conditions in real-time. by Luo, Xuan

Table of Contents: “…Methods to determine UCS, IFA and PPG; 5. Determination of primary in-situ stresses using borehole breakout and acoustic measurements; 6. …”
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European Value-Added Tax in the Digital Era. by Lamensch, Marie

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Nation at play : a history of sport in India by Sen, Ronojoy

Table of Contents: “…The Empire Strikes Back: The 1911 IFA Shield and Football in Calcutta; 6. Politics on the Maidan: Sport, Communalism, and Nationalism; 7. …”
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Spirited diasporas : personal narratives and global futures of Afro-Atlantic religions

Table of Contents: “…Page -- How I came to the tradition / Sue Kucklick-Arencibia -- Practicing ifá in Tokyo / Yoshiaki Koshikawa -- On seeking guidance / Eugenia Rainey -- Finding my place in the Lucumí tradition as an African American woman / Terri-Dawn González -- Beading spirit : lessons learned on healing and community in Lucumí / Belia Mayeno Saavedra -- A hermeneutics of plurality on the road of the Orisha / Michael Atwood Mason.…”
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Think on your feet by Caroselli, Marlene

Table of Contents: “…The Results of Poor Customer TreatmentA Customer Service Scenario -- RECOMMENDATIONS -- EXERCISES -- 1 -- 2 -- 3 -- 4 -- SECTION III Speaking Before An Audience -- SPEAKING BEFORE AN AUDIENCE -- SPEECHES -- MEETINGS -- SOCIAL OCCASIONS -- RECOMMENDATIONS -- EXERCISES -- 1 -- 2 -- 3 -- 4 -- SECTION IV Handling Difficult Questions -- HANDLING DIFFICULT QUESTIONS -- TYPES OF DIFFICULT QUESTIONS -- 1. THE “WHAT IFâ€?â€? QUESTION -- 2. THE “TELL-US-WHAT-THE-BOSS-WILL-DOâ€? …”
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Antenna design for mobile devices by Zhang, Zhijun, 1971-

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