From Ritual Archives to Pluriversal Knowledge:Toyin Falola, African Epistemologies, and the Entangled Histories of Science and the Esoteric by Oluwatoyin Vincent Adepoju and ChatGPT
The Ghanaian Adinkra symbol Kuntunkantan Abstract This essay explores intellectual pathways for studying African knowledge systems in relation to science, philosophy, magic, spirituality, and decolonial thought. It takes as its point of departure Toyin Falola’s evolving engagement with these questions, particularly in “Ritual Archives,” “Pluriversalism,” Yoruba Metaphysics , Sacred Words and Holy Realms , and Ifá Priestcraft . Falola’s work is placed in conversation wit...