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Odu Ifa  

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  • The Odu Ifa is the sacred text of the spiritual and ethical tradition of Ifa that has its origins in ancient Yorubaland, which is located in modern Nigeria. It holds a unique position among African religions as the only one that survived the enslavement holocaust and colonialism and developed on an international level. [Source: Encyclopedia of African Religion; Odu Ifa]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-FD3T36S2-P

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