I almost wish Professor Toyin Falola did not intervene in connection with my debate with Olayinka Agbetuyi and Michael Afolayan on the Yoruba origin Ifa system of knowledge.
Falola's response could throw water on these very valuable debates.
I await a response from Michael Afolayan on his knowledge of Ifa and Afolayan might escape under cover of the smoke from Falola's responses.
Agbetuyi, Afolayan and IBK are operating within certain unacknowledged limitations.
Being Yoruba does not make anyone an authority on Ifa.
Being a scholar of any aspect of Yoruba culture does not make anyone an authority on Ifa.
Being a scholar on the Yoruba origin Orisa cosmology within which Ifa belongs does not make one an authority on Ifa, which is a specialized discipline.
Falola's response could throw water on these very valuable debates.
I await a response from Michael Afolayan on his knowledge of Ifa and Afolayan might escape under cover of the smoke from Falola's responses.
Agbetuyi, Afolayan and IBK are operating within certain unacknowledged limitations.
Being Yoruba does not make anyone an authority on Ifa.
Being a scholar of any aspect of Yoruba culture does not make anyone an authority on Ifa.
Being a scholar on the Yoruba origin Orisa cosmology within which Ifa belongs does not make one an authority on Ifa, which is a specialized discipline.
A person who saw something in passing cannot be equated by a person who lives inside that which was seen in passing.
Even if one is an authority on Ifa, what is the scope of that authority, what depth does it reach in Ifa's myriad dimensions?
My people, I encourage you to challenge Adepoju.
Let us chew these issues.
Even if one is an authority on Ifa, what is the scope of that authority, what depth does it reach in Ifa's myriad dimensions?
My people, I encourage you to challenge Adepoju.
Let us chew these issues.
I am convinced I am better informed than those who are challenging me because they have engaged these subjects tangentially while these subjects represent my life.
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