When Segun Gbadegesin began his lecture I was not following along due to not being able to follow along with his accent. It was very difficult for me to understand him. His presentation brought forward the emotional connection that was needed for me to engage. I thought it was brilliant telling the story of Iwa. The story was a good way to understand the definition of Iwa. The statement Gbadegesin made saying that without existence and character one may lose everything, made me take a second to think of my own life. I related this lecture to my life in a way that helped me to understand that this was indeed a fact. There has been times in my life where I was confused of my character and as a result I was lost.
He also list the principles of ma'at which he then went into description of learned and practice, truth, justice and maintained order, balance and harmony. He then spoke of the coffin text in which was written by nobels and put in their coffins. In that time everyone were strong believers of the afterlife. Which even today there is a form of an afterlife that people believe in.
I also enjoy the him giving us the definition of the names in the story in advance. It was a lot easier to follow along with. The father was patience, Iwa was existence/character, and Orunmila the God of wisdom. Overall, besides the accent, it was a well put together piece of work.
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