VOICES OF the SIXTEEN: A Traditional Afa Divination Manual for Bokono

The living tradition of Ewe Afa divination, set down for the BokonoVoices of the Sixteen is a working manual of traditional Ewe Afa divination, written for the Bokono - the diviner trusted to sit before the sacred chain and speak what Afa says.For generations, the knowledge of the sixteen principal Eduwo has passed from mouth to ear, from master to initiate, held in memory and guarded in the shrine. This book is a faithful companion to that living tradition. Within it, each of the sixteen Eduwo is set out in full: - Its figure and meaning - Its adages, preserved in the original Ewe with their teaching - Its stories, vividly retold and interpreted - The interrogation - the questions the diviner must ask - The Vorsa, the taboos, the health domains, and the deities that belong to it A complete account of the course of a reading - from the querent's silent intention through the casting of the chain to the final prescription - opens the work.Written by Bokor Sakidu (Godsway Salitsi), a practicing diviner and ordained Sofo who keeps his own shrine in Accra, Ghana, this is a reference to be kept close and consulted often.Nothing here is invented. Where the tradition is silent, this book is silent. What is written is what was received.