{"product_id":"the-five-blessings-of-ifa-reclaiming-black-futures-through-afro-indigenous-spirituality","title":"The Five Blessings of Ifa: Reclaiming Black Futures Through Afro-Indigenous Spirituality","description":"\u003cdiv data-a-expander-name=\"book_description_expander\" data-a-expander-collapsed-height=\"280\" class=\"a-expander-collapsed-height a-row a-expander-container a-spacing-base a-expander-partial-collapse-container\" style=\"max-height: none; height: 280px;\"\u003e \u003cdiv data-expanded=\"false\" class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px;\"\u003e \u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eA fierce and inspirational guide to Black resistance, resilience, and healing, using the principles of Afro-Indigenous spiritual practices\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eUnderstanding where you came from is crucial to understand where you are going.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Five Blessings of Ifá\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e explores how Black communities across the diaspora draw strength from ancestral wisdom, family, community care, and mutual aid, using the principles of Ifá—a West African spiritual tradition—as a guiding framework. Gabrielle Felder provides a blueprint for living a more fulfilled and abundant life through the blessings of\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e Aiku\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (longevity), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eAje\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (wealth), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eAya and Oko\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (relationships), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eOmo\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (children), and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eIsegun\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (victory over negative forces), providing practical examples of how Black folks have built resilience and learned to thrive in the face of oppression. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cul class=\"a-unordered-list a-vertical\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eLongevity\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e exists in ancestral traditions that we cultivate over generations, which Felder explores through practices of traditional herbalism as well as contemporary sustainability and food sovereignty movements.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eWealth\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, in Felder’s interpretation, has to do with the richness created by community, including cultural traditions of food, dance, and music that connect seemingly disparate African diasporic cultures.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003ePartnership\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, traditionally understood in Ifá as husband and wife, is reconsidered by Felder to include a wide variety of relationship structures, including familial bonds and queer families.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTo explore the blessing of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003echildren\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, Felder dives into the important history of doulas and midwives in Black communities, and their crucial role in combatting the high maternal mortality rate among Black women in the US.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFinally, Felder draws out the meanings of the blessing of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003evictory\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e through a wide range of examples of Black autonomy: slave rebellions; the rejection of Euro-centric beauty standards; mutual aid practices among Black revolutionary groups; and the contemporary Black witch movement.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs a collective, Black folks have managed to usher in the five blessings of Ifá into our lives despite all odds. 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