Binary Code in an African Religion

[@theblackmind429]

I find it amusing people despise mathematics but love the core fundamentals of mathematics. Problem solving, the education system has failed us once again. Great vid Jabari👊🏾

[@qjtvaddict]

The colonial education system failed EVERYONE. Not just some people

[@Sam60420]

@@qjtvaddict lmao

[@DBoyTommie]

The Ifa divinatory corpus is one the most incredible and discounted bodies of religious literature on the planet. It's as complex as the I-ching and more ancient than the bible.

[@FromNothing]

It's actually considered intangible cultural heritage by UNESCO

[@mayowaworld7781]

Give it to my people, am proud to be a Yoruba Man from Oyo ile

[@tuumef1799]

Math has always been my most difficult subject, but breakdowns like this make it easier and sort of fun! Thank you for this knowledge.

[@Lucuskane]

Same here, I had one or two good math teachers, the more look into math, I see how fun it would have been if there was a good system for teaching the subject

[@nunyabiznys5169]

all of us should have been exposed to this as kids

[@spawnyboii]

I wonder why my African self didn’t understand

[@FromNothing]

Your geographic origin doesn't determine how well you understand mathematics lol

[@Lucuskane]

@@spawnyboii If you can comment on KZbin, you can understand math, the bar is not that high. Never too late to relearn. Khan academy has been my tool

[@ronj7658]

Modern computers are all based off of Ifa.

[@sirsavagethe21st56]

Not a mathematically inclined person but I'll listen for history's sake.

[@garrettallen7427]

Same here, don’t like math, but love history!

[@Artur_M.]

That's relatable.

[@cameronwallace2300]

Same

[@WOLFHEADEDDEITY6080]

Thank you for providing this information, so many great things to learn about the African Continent that are never taught.

[@donovan1844]

man what a good find this channel is.

[@matthewmann8969]

Yes mathematics was certainly used especially for things like money, time, weighing, and measuring

[@kim1570]

...And divination as well, which is essentially attempting to predict the outcome of situations. In west Africa, there was the wide spread practice of Bamana Sand Divination.

[@kim1570]

Ron Eglash has done great work on the use of fractals and mathematics in different African societies. He's white but he's very objective and thorough in his work. I suggest everyone check out his TED talk and other videos on youtube. From Nothing, also do a video on the base-2 system the Ethiopians used to use to calculate the weight and price of coffee many centuries ago.

[@mrnancy1114]

Great stuff Jabari great stuff, this should be included in schools, I had first came across the digital system in Africa I think 15yrs ago by Ron Eglash.

[@kim1570]

Yup. Ron Eglash has done amazing work on fractals and mathematics in various African cultures.

[@bluebird5173]

Math was never my strongest subject, but the level of thought you put into your animations -- your timing and the way your animations sync up with your verbal explanations -- you made binary code incredibly easy to follow!

[@techwork...]

PROUDLY YORUBA. PROUDLY NAIJA 🇳🇬. PROUDLY AFRICAN.... OUR CIVILIZATION IS NOT TODAY, ITS ANCIENTS, BUT WAS DESTROYED ALONG THE WAY, WE SHALL RISE AGAIN ,

[@robertschlesinger1342]

Excellent video. Very interesting, informative and worthwhile video. AMAZING AFRICA!

[@redspiritmask]

When I was in college I had to take a class all about binary code as well as other non based 10 mathematical systems. It was a pain to learn though I got a small job tutoring it a year later. That said I forgot most of what I learned but I have a massive notebook somewhere around here with all the notes for that class. Anyway, I also was reminded that some years ago I came across another West African divination system that also uses binary. Unfortunately I don't remember which culture it was, though I think it was a peoples living in or near Mali.

[@malkahbatyisrael290]

The Yoruba of Nigeria & neighboring countries as well as their Diasporian people practice Ifa & it's divination system IS actually a binary code system. Shalom

[@KingAntDaProphet]

Bamana divination idk exactly where. I think the system exist everywhere in Africa tho

[@prodigalson6166]

That is absolutely amazing! Thank you my brother for sharing this knowledge. To any naysayers out there I point out that an astrological chart amounts to trigonometry, Celtic lore amounts to quantum physics ( ie the world is made of knots Spirals and mazes), Australian aborigine dot Work expresses a knowledge of fractal geometry, not to mention their amazing knowledge of astronomy. To name but a few ancient technologies that we think are so new. No matter where we are from in the world our ancestors were not idiots, and even in the Stone Age they were just as complex as we are today. If you don't believe me you try picking up a rock and making a knife out of it. It takes a great deal of technological skill, it requires a technician.

[@quincy9908]

This can be expressed as a written language. I just feel better knowing this.

[@sirsavagethe21st56]

Let's get it!!!!!

[@45DegreeDiscovery]

Reminds me of Quipu, an ancient Incan system of recording Mathematics and language in general. A code.

[@emmanueloluga9770]

I was waiting for this follow up video and you didn't disappoint.

[@eacalvert]

Yes been waiting for this!

[@xternalcreations3032]

I'd love to see a video on a few ways of useing the divination process to address a given situation.. I'm simi familiar with some different types of divination. But this, I'm vary new to and eager to learn..thank you so much. Keep up the great work🤙

[@anitaheubel3228]

Odu Ifa is very reminiscent of I Ching and both are indeed based on the binary code. But what is generally not realised is that Speech also has binary attributes - consonants and vowels. The first sound to be made prior to the opening of the mouth is ‘M’, and thus, as the mouth is closed, the value of ‘M’ and all consonants is ‘1’. Vowels are more dynamic than consonants and thus have the value of ‘0’. Example: my name is Anita = 10101 = 21. Make of it what you will, but it is another interesting aspect of Life and its relationship with the binary code

[@mohamadsami7131]

Great Video Jabari!

[@GDIEternal]

Great video. Very interesting to hear it discussed from this perspective.

[@itsbeyondme5560]

Cool. i am studying code. I didn't knew this involve with the Ifa. Thanks

[@afroemperorfictionmythology]

Wow! So many things make sense...

[@realrootsdrealrootsd1619]

I MUST Correct you on the divining with Ikin Ifa. We divine with 16 nuts NOT 8. If all are grabbed and 1 is left...we make a 2 line mark and if 2 nuts are left we make a 1 line mark. Imperative correct information is taught.

[@FromNothing]

Mistakes happen. Thanks for the insight.

[@realrootsdrealrootsd1619]

@@FromNothing No problem 👍🏽

[@amirat8162]

Wow, thank you!!!!

[@Lucuskane]

Thanks for the awesome video FN!

[@AkinAkinsanya]

The Ifa priests use this a lot. It has been used by the Yoruba people for ages and still in use today.

[@Carmel86Tae]

Thank you for this! This correlates to a couple of my dreams

[@Koyasi78]

A bit more history and understanding from a computer science major on the role binary plays. Rather, how binary gives us the tech we have today. There are primarily two events in the west that lead to the use of binary: the socratic method and boolean algebra. From the socratic method derives a way to reliably deduce truth using logic. These concepts would eventually be represented using maths allowing for precise calculation in the form of boolean algebra. The last piece of the puzzle...electricity. Electricity exists in two primary states. For the sake of simplicity it either flows or it doesn't. It's on or off. This can be translated into the only two digits in base 2 math: 1 and 0 (as compared to base 10 which we use commonly use) and boolean algebra can then be applied to 'control' electricity. How? These algebraic boolean expressions exist as computer code which tells a gate on a motherboard when to open and when to close. And this opening and closing is the core of how we as humans can give an instruction to a machine to execute. Thus - we write lines of code which are human readable algebraic expressions which get translated to binary expressions which control the flow of electricity to create anything we want. About as close to being a real wizard as you can get. As a fun side note some comp sci scholars consider the discipline as applied philosophy with the goal of answering humanities most pressing questions. If you think about it, much like to the client who goes to an ifa priest to gain insight.

[@mohamadsami7131]

Commenting for the algorithm!

[@FromNothing]

As always 😉

[@ikenganation]

Thank you for this video. It is an excellent resource.

[@davonbenson179]

At 3:20, I use the division method.

[@Humancompassion1234]

Great info Thank you 😊

[@elijahclaude3413]

I'd love to learn what those messages were!! Would be amazing if there were still messages that we could understand and apply to our lives today... I also wonder what this would render if you made it into some kind of modern-day computer program! Instead of Jarvis or Siri or Alexa, we can have Babalawo the AI

[@VanTConsult]

The messages already exist in the verses of the Holy Odu Ifa. What the Babalawo does, is purifies, themselves, purify you and goes through their rituals, tosses the chain, or grabs the cola, and depending what happens in that instance it points them to the chapter and the verse applicable to you and your situations. So it isn't like God, speaking in that moments, God has already provided the answers in the book, making a particular answer applicable to the individual, is there Ifa comes in. A computer program, cannot pray like a Babalawo or Iyanifa can, so a program spitting out verses wouldn't have the spiritual necessities in place. Respect.

[@elijahclaude3413]

@@VanTConsult I'm not talking about a computer that can pray (although that would be an interesting path to go down for AI), I mean either 1) a program designed around african mathematics and spirituality OR 2) a program that allows people today to use this same method to access such messages. It's a sad fact that this knowledge is nearly lost in this day and age, I would like to see if we can bring it back by using modern methods to achieve the same result. Computers are just binary code, so in theory these messages should be able to he divined by people using the program as well.

[@JT-yq8br]

@@elijahclaude3413 I think there are apps for this oracle. I assume some of them may work on the principles you described.

[@elijahclaude3413]

@@JT-yq8br Oh?! What are they? I'd love to check them out!!

[@Sam60420]

Fascinating stuff

[@Dob-G]

Amazing!

[@M.M.83-U]

1:32 Aaaaargggghhh! Noooo! You Monster!

[@yorubaglobal]

😆😅

[@seanmichaels9126]

Math is built into the very fabric of the multiverse, the underlying mirrored dimensional supersymmetry.

[@lepmuhangpa]

Thank you.

[@fernandoferrer70]

The way you state how to read the ifa chain is backwards . The open side represents the 1 and the other the 0. Just FYI great video by the way . Please fix that on this video. Thanks

[@Buggie214]

Interesting. Thank you. It’s so much I don’t know. My eye is awakening. I see certain numbers all the time. In my dreams, signs, time. I’m researching and searching for the truth.

[@SizzlesDiaries]

Am here for the history part, i am maths is like a kid and veggie😃. Great share

[@SaikaLiao]

Very interesting

[@admirekashiri9879]

I get it a but more but, I still don't fully get it. 😅 Mathmatics was never my forte.

[@mrmister1657]

Same here hated math honestly

[@kiizasamuel5026]

Great 😊

[@skribeworks]

Are there any translations for the odus or ese?

[@dds369_]

Genius

[@Vibe_Rate_Higher]

Subnetting

[@kaomalihm284]

You do mistake oturupon supposed to be 1101...not 1110..thank.... Odu cant fall on same code in reading

[@salj.5459]

By the way, your website URL doesn't work when I click it from the description (although it does work when I type it in manually)

[@SylviaRustyFae]

misread this title as Binary Code Is an African Religion and was like What!?! and then i read it rite and was like Ahhh... and then "wait, what?"

[@bofloa]

Yoruba people invented binary system, that is a fact and IFA is a sort of manual expert system, that you can ask any question and the answer is there, as you know nothing is new under the sun.

[@ChrissieBear]

God, I hate the whole bytes vs bits thing. I don't understand why they use two different systems with confusingly similar names.

[@kaomalihm284]

😂😂 Very interesting so Yoruba deity contributed a lot to world civilization....

[@kennycox7943]

Cool

[@mohamadsami7131]

👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿

[@obakeng1140]

That cartoon so creepy

[@FromNothing]

You're the second person in the past week to say that. Where is this coming from all of a sudden lol.

[@GlareBoxTV]

@@FromNothing It's probably the large eyes. Some get freaked out it seems.

[@FromNothing]

As I said, it was only within the last week. I've had this avatar for several years. Also I recommend they avoid 99% of all cartoon characters if they find big eyes scary. And avoid anime altogether.

[@obakeng1140]

@@FromNothing hey brother I don't mean to insult you or anything I love and appreciate the content. The cartoons eyes creep me out though. 😂 No disrespect but it feels like it's looking right into my soul.

[@FromNothing]

@@obakeng1140 ​ As I said. Make sure to avoid 99% of cartoons then. One episode of Garfield will give you nightmares for a week and a season of Sailor Moon will give you PTSD for life. Oh and may as well prepare for cardiac arrest if you watch Powerpuff Girls.

[@admirekashiri9879]

First for a change! 😁

[@FromNothing]

Second*

[@admirekashiri9879]

@@FromNothing oh seriously? 😂 I saw the video as soon as it popped up. Oh well next time lol.

[@EPUEPUEPUEPU]

@@admirekashiri9879 You know what would be a great video idea, Africans have many wise sayings and proverbs , yet it is only western and asian sayings that are looked upon as words of wisdom. A speaker of truth has no friend ....African proverb

[@salj.5459]

E pluribus unum Well, you got your wish!

[@DennisDayII]

1+1=0*0

[@annbrubeck8088]

Please use the right term for the right knowledge. This is NOT africa but Yoruba! Yoruba is a people, a culture, a civilization and a language.

[@hvalesque2398]

Yes, but the binary system is used in many places across the continent, all the way down to Southern Africa. The method Jabari describes is specific to Yoruba though

[@yorubaglobal]

It is still Africa. It is a pride of all. the narrator knows exactly what you mean. And yes is good to add Yoruba to help researchers a little quicker. But i think this is not bad still.

[@FromNothing]

I did mention the Yoruba specifically.

[@yorubaglobal]

@@FromNothing oh ok. I was referring to the Title caption. you have done so well and my comment is just an opinion. All blacks are proud of you.