{"product_id":"women-in-odz-ifza-tilo-plziger-de-zjzagznnza-9798246024690","title":"Women in Odù Ifá: Women, Power, and Liberation Across the Sixteen Odù Ifá","description":"\u003cb\u003eWomen in Òdù Ifá - Women, Power, and Liberation Across the Sixteen Òdù Ifá\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat does Ifá really say about women\u003c\/b\u003e-about power, boundaries, authority, labor, desire, grief, leadership, justice, and the right to be fully human \u003ci\u003einside\u003c\/i\u003e tradition, not outside it?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWomen in Òdù Ifá\u003c\/b\u003e walks one living theme-women's dignity and liberation-through all \u003cb\u003eSixteen Major Òdù\u003c\/b\u003e, from \u003cb\u003eÒg̀bè's first light\u003c\/b\u003e to \u003cb\u003eÒfún's uncompromising truth\u003c\/b\u003e. Each chapter opens with a brief invocation, then moves through three clear lenses-\u003cb\u003esocial\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003ephilosophical\u003c\/b\u003e, and \u003cb\u003espiritual\u003c\/b\u003e-so modern readers can see how the Odù diagnose oppression, expose misalignment, and prescribe repair without reducing women to saints or men to a single enemy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is not feminism \"painted onto\" Ifá. It is a reading of what the tradition already knows: when women are treated as resources instead of realities, the house becomes spiritually porous-and the community pays the price. The book keeps disciplined sourcing: \u003cb\u003eno invented ẹsẹ̀ Ifá, proverbs, or myths\u003c\/b\u003e, and \u003cb\u003eharmonized Yorùbá orthography with tonal marks\u003c\/b\u003e (Ifá, Òrìṣà, Òdù, Orí, Òg̀bè, Òfún...).\u003c\/p\u003eWhat this book gives you\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eA complete \u003cb\u003e16-chapter journey\u003c\/b\u003e across the Odù privacy and power (Òyèkú), intuition and belief (Ìwòrì), consent and limits (Òdì), voice as governance (Ìròsùn), rumor as social control (Òwónrín), anger as signal (Òkànràn), labor and survival (Ògúndá), organizing and upheaval (Òsá), stigma and scapegoating (Ìkà), invisibility and domestic economies (Òtúrụ́pòn), testimony and naming (Òtúrá), long liberation and provision (Ìrètè), pleasure and artistry (Òṣé), and truth that cannot be bribed (Òfún).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn \u003cb\u003eappendix on women's organization as governance\u003c\/b\u003e-\u003ci\u003eThe Mothers' Assemblies: Ìyámi, Àjẹ́, Gẹ̀lẹ̀dé...\u003c\/i\u003e-showing how women's collective power functions as social and spiritual architecture.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eA clean bridge to familiar Western lines of thought-\u003cb\u003eSimone de Beauvoir\u003c\/b\u003e (immanence and repetitive labor), \u003cb\u003eAudre Lorde\u003c\/b\u003e (anger as information), \u003cb\u003eMichel Foucault\u003c\/b\u003e (discipline, surveillance, rumor), \u003cb\u003eJudith Butler\u003c\/b\u003e (the enforced script), plus structural lenses (Derrida, Lévi-Strauss)-not as judges over Ifá, but as witnesses beside it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfrican memory as spine: women as rulers, market authority, and political legitimacy (e.g., traditions recalling \u003cb\u003ePúpúpú\u003c\/b\u003e, the \u003cb\u003eOlóbùn\u003c\/b\u003e, and the \u003cb\u003eQueen Mother of Benin\u003c\/b\u003e), alongside the uncompromising reality of \u003cb\u003eÌyámi Osoròngá\u003c\/b\u003e-power that cannot be dismissed without consequence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cb\u003eStyle \u0026amp; credibility\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten in a fluent, story-forward voice this book blends mythic cadence with ethical clarity. When the canon speaks, it is handled with respect; when interpretation begins, it is signaled.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eWho this is for\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eStudents and devotees of Ifá\/Òrìṣà across the diaspora (Yorùbá religion, Lukumí\/Santería, Candomblé, Vodou \/ ATR).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eReaders seeking a spiritually mature, socially rigorous frame for \u003cb\u003ewomen's rights\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003egender\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003epatriarchy\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eboundaries\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003erepair\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eleadership\u003c\/b\u003e, and \u003cb\u003ejustice\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eCounselors, chaplains, educators, and community leaders who want African spiritual wisdom that is practical, accountable, and alive.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cb\u003eKeywords (search \u0026amp; discovery)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eIfá, Òdù, Òrìṣà, Yorùbá religion, African spirituality, ATR, divination, Òrúnmìlà, Èṣù, Ọbàtálá, Òṣun, Ṣàngó, Ògún, Ẹ̀gúngún, Orí (destiny), feminism, women's rights, gender justice, patriarchy, consent, emotional labor, women's leadership, matriarchy, Ìyámi, Àjẹ́, Gẹ̀lẹ̀dé, Candomblé, Santería, Vodou.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf you want an Ifá-grounded language for women's dignity-\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Tilo Plöger de Àjàgùnnà\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798246024690\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/28\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 206\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.62lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.44d\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tilo Plöger de Àjàgùnnà","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48520236138751,"sku":"9798246024690","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e1c28aa1-5b4a-4e6e-8af2-881119b041c5.jpg?v=1778741554","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/women-in-odz-ifza-tilo-plziger-de-zjzagznnza-9798246024690","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}