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Kpoli

Ewe · Ewe / Volta Region, Ghana; southern Togo; Fon / Benin · Spiritual

In Afa (Fa) divination, the kpoli is a person's life sign, the divinatory figure revealed for an individual that is understood to govern his or her destiny. Rosenthal notes that each person has a life sign (kpoli), of which there are 256 in total, corresponding to the combinations of the Afa system. Venkatachalam's study of the Anlo indexes kpoli under Afa divination.

A diviner (bokɔnɔ) reveals a client's kpoli during Afa consultation.

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