The Kpólí Fá of Afrikan Vodún ©2020-2025

Another first, Kpólí Fá of Afrikan Vodún is the first book ever publicly produced on the Kpólí Fá from the ancient Vodún perspective. Though they are known as Odù Ifá among the Yorùbá, they are very different and do not read the same. The author goes into detail about the 3 aspects of Fá that the Kpólí Fá touch on, many of the verses, the primary sacred names of Fá At’isegun and much more. He also speaks on how the sacred and mystical Mothers of the Night relate to Fá from the West Afrikan Vodún perspective.

Example of the wisdom of the Kpólí:

 𞤾𞤭𞥇 𞤥𞤭𞥊𞥅𞤼𞤽𞤲 𞤤𞤹𞥇𞤹 𞤲𞤽𞥇 𞤸𞤽𞤲 𞤻𞤭𞥇𞤳𞤽 𞤼𞤮𞤱𞤫 𞤣'𞤢𞤴𞤭𞥇 𞤸𞤱𞤫𞤲𞤵 𞤫 𞤥𞤭𞥇 𞤥𞤢 𞤧𞤽𞥇 𞤣𞤫 𞤢𞤯𞥇 𞤫𞥊𞥅

Vǐ mǐtɔn lɛ́ɛ nɔ́ hɛn nyǐkɔ towe ɖ'ayǐ hwenu e mǐ ma sɔ́ ɖe ǎ é.

Our children preserve our name when we are gone.

 From the 𞤮𞥊𞤮𞥊𞥅𞤤𞤭𞥊𞥅 𞤬𞤢𞥉 𞤩𞤫𞥊 𞤥𞤫𞥁𞤭𞥊 Kpólí Fá Gbè Mézì (Èjì Ogbè among the Yọrùbá). In this Kpólí, 𞤬𞤢𞥉 𞤢𞤴𞤭𞥊𞤣𞤫𞥊𞤺𞤵𞥊𞥅𞤲 Fá Ayìdègún (Ọ̀rúnmìlà) told his 𞤬𞤢𞥉𞤾𞤭𞥊 Fávǐ (Fá students) that true success and dagbe (blessings... ìrè for the Yọrùbá) was through successfully securing a spouse and having children all under the guidance and approval of Fá. 

His students were counting small material gains as signs of success which Fá Ayìdègún said were nothing in relation to the bigger picture - 𞤸𞤱𞤫 - hwe - family. This is yet another example of the emphasis on family in Afrikan culture, coming from the sacred literature itself. 

Many pertinent 𞤬𞤢𞥉𞤩𞤫𞤧𞤭𞤧𞤢 Fágbesisa ("ẹsẹ/verse" among the Yọrùbá) like this from the Afrikan Vodún tradition can be found in in this book.

6 x 9 in

168 pages