Ancestral Eyes S2E2 “ROUNDTABLE discussion” welcomes back Daniel Barreiro, (Bokonon Dafodji of Abomalé-Kpenglá Vodoun-Fá Community in Uruguay) and Oluawo Nelson Freire Ifabiyi, Ifaworld Conference with your hosts Teresa Sliwinski and Jean-Jerome C. Baudry (Awo Ifálọdún Akínyode, AP)

Daniel is a Bokonon in the Fá Agbassá Vodoun-Fá line, initiated in Benin-Abomey 7 years ago, Writer and Cultural Advisor. He studied at the University of the Republic-Faculty of Psychology and is currently carrying out studies in a Bachelor of Anthropology-Archeology at the Universidad de la República, Faculty of Humanities and Sciences

Our second special return guest is Baba Ifabiyi, Nelson Alvarez who was born in Habana Cuba and was initiated to Obatala and to Ifa by the customs of the Regla de Ocha-Ifa in Cuba 40 years ago. Baba Nelson later travelled to Mexico DF, Mexico where he became the Vice-President of the Sociedad Yoruba de Mexico under Leonel Gamez, Oshe Niwo. He later founded the Ifa World Conference, a nonprofit organization focused on research on the Ifa and Orisa practice from a Lineage in Lagos studying both the language, practice and customs and reconciling them with the Afro-Cuban practice. Ifaworld Conference has worked with the Consejo Cultural Yoruba de Canada and also the VODOUN-FA BOKONON ABOMALE-KPENGLA Community of Uruguay to also study and compare practices between Fa-Gbassa Vodoun Fa and Regla Ocha-Ifa of Cuba.

Our discussion tonight will focus on the Spiritual Guide as seen from Fá Agbassá Vodoun-Fá and with commentary and comparison to Yorùbá Ifá-Òrìsà and Afro-Cuban Regla de Ocha-Ifa . We will look at the central role that the Ancestor or "Djoto/Guia Spiritual" plays in a person's spiritual journey or mission and how that takes shape in terms of the Yoruba concept of “Ori” and the Vodoun-Fá concept of the “Se”. We will also talk about the process of Ifá/Fá divination and the concept of the Ancestral Guide Divination. We will pull from both the historical, abstract and modern-day actual practice of these West African traditions as well as concepts that stem from Egypt and Mesopotamia.

We will also talk about the Book "Noire" written by Bokono Dafodji, now on sale through the Consejo Cultural Yorùbá de Canada, at https://consejoculturalyoruba.ca/shop.

If you would like to be a future guest on our show, please write to us at jjbaudry@ancestraleyes.ca!