European Conference on African Studies

ECAS 2009
3^rd European Conference on African Studies

Leipzig, 4 to 7 June 2009

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Panel 38: Re(-)Placing Theory in African Studies: Ifa Divination Corpus, Origins, Universality and the Integration of Epistemology (Nelson Fashina)

Panel Organiser: Nelson Fashina

This panel aims to collect sound research papers that focus on the search for an African system of meanings/knowledge/epistemology in relation to Ifa corpus and any other African specific cultural values.

Accepted Abstracts

Kólá Abímbólá - Abstract

Ifa, Odu and the Denominations of Orisa Religion

Nelson Fashina - Abstract

Re(-)Placing Theory in African Studies: Ifa Divination Corpus, Origins, Universality and the Integration of Epistemology

Nelson O. Fashina - Full Paper

Olumide O. Okunmakinde - Abstract

A Correlation of Ori Symbolisms in Ifa Thought to Leibniz's Monadology: Founding a Systematic Application of Metaphysics to the Interpretation and Understanding of Human Personality in Ifa and Judeo-Christianity

Olumide Okunmakinde and Obafemi Awolowo - Full Paper