TALES FROM TIMES BEFORE - IWOFA OLOFIN (EPISODE TWO)

…a male Iwofa was handed over to a male moneylender, while a female Iwofa was handed over. However, if a male moneylender was handed a female Iwofa, he generally gave her to his wife to help with her business. The moneylender could be a
farmer, trader, or artisan, and the Iwofa worked in the moneylender’s business.

The moneylender did not have a claim on all the Iwofa’s time, however. The Iwofa worked for a specific number of hours a day, and so many days a week. The Iwofa altogether had a least a day in a week free. In the time left to him, the Iwofa engaged in his own business. For instance, if the moneylender were a farmer, work on his farm would start at sunrise, that is, around six o’clock in the morning. It usually ended before noon. Thereafter the Iwofa could be free to go off to work on his own farm, if he too were a farmer, or to pick cotton, spin it, or weave cloth.

The Iwofa was, however, released from the service of the moneylender immediately the loan, against which he was held as security, was fully repaid. In this story, it was Esu’s son that was handed over as Iwofa, when Orunmila took a loan from Olofin.

Orunmila’s son was dangerously ill and the father knew that he had to consult Ifa to find out the forces at work in the boys illness and what to do to make him well again. Although he was himself the oracle orisa, Orunmila was still required to pay the consultation fee to obtain the guidance and assurance he desired from the oracle. But, Orunmila had no money with which to do this, or the money with which to buy the materials for the sacrifice that was sure to be required at the end of such consultation. After pondering over his predicament, Orunmila went to his friend, Esu.

“Esu, my son is very ill and I need to…To be continued on Saturday.

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