The Ooni of Ife, Oba Enitan Ogunwusi, revealed that Google originated from the ‘Ifa’ also known as the oracle. NAN reports that the traditional leader said Google would not have been created without’ Ifa’ on Wednesday. Ogunwusi said that’ Ifa’ as a divination form, through traditional consultation, was all about providing information and knowledge.
The traditional ruler said Google could be considered the modern way of obtaining past information, as well as what was likely to happen in the future.
He said that ‘Ifa’ originated several thousands of years ago and is seen as the voice of the almighty God referred to as ” Orisa Oke” which is supreme to other lesser gods. ”Without ‘Ifa’, there could never have been google, so it is the modern-day version of ‘Ifa’. ‘Ifa’ is all about information, getting knowledge from the Almighty God.
Whenever you search the google for information or knowledge, you are consulting ‘Ifa’; and without ‘Ifa’, there would not have been google.” He said that ‘Ifa’ was still relevant in contemporary time, saying that was why people were still consulting the oracle for information and solutions to their problems.
Ogunwusi explained that if the modern day youths and the educated wanted to know the date of any important event, they would search for it from Google. ‘That is part of the functions that Ifa’ does for its believers and followers; that is the truth but it may sound strange,” he said
