From fractals to astronomy another examination at the intersection of indigenous cultures and science .A paper in the International Journal of Innovative Technology and Research by Alamu.F.O, Aworinde H.O. and Isharufe W. I:
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The Ifa divination system is a set of divination acts done by a professional that has been grantedauthority (a babalawo) to create and make use of set of rules to communicate with the gods so as to solve people’s problems. It is mostly carried out in the Yoruba community.Most people doubt the authenticity of this system and are not even aware of its similarities with ComputerScience. Further to this there are a few literature in this area of study. In this work effort was made to bringout salient similarities between the field of computer science and the act of ifa divination. An extensiveexplanation of the divination system was made, what it means and its origin and why people seek after it.We have presented an extensive explanation of the Ifa divination system, proved its existence and authenticity, given and explained its similarities with Computer Science and presented a reference data for future work in this study
