JUST RAMBLING ABOUT AFRICAN STUFF

I was thinking about the various forms of African divination I've seen and read about. And just wanted to make note of it while it's still fresh on my mind.
Often times it's said to be used to gain insights on how to see problems and it certainly is that but I think a more elegant way of putting it is that: African diviner seek out the meaning in the our seemingly random world. I say this because every form of divination I've seen whether from Nigeria, Cameroon, Mali or elsewhere uses an element of randomness often of natural origin to lay out a sorta map which the diviner then interprets. One example is when the Dogon draw lines and dots in the sand and then completes his map by having a fox walk all over it. Only once the fox has made its marks can the diviner interpret it's meaning. The Bamileke toss special chips into a vessel which are scattered by a spider. And then the diviner finds meaning in how the spider scattered the chips. A similar type of divination thing happpens with a mouse oracle. And there are diviner who read the intestines of animals again providing something random for them to interpret. The Yoruban divination board does not use an animal (force of nature) but it still uses the element of randomness. Magic dice are tossed on the board and the way they fall creates meaning to the diviner.

For many African peoples there is no such thing as coincidence, nothing happens for no reason. All things that seem random in our life have a reason and meaning.

Anyway, I don't know if any of you bothered to read my little rambling here but I figured eh why not share my thoughts with others.

Edit: Maybe I'll share again sometime

That may be true Craze. I spend so much time in my African bubble that I hadn't thought about that lol.
It's certainly possible that it may be more widespead of a practice. It may be a natural desire of all mankind to find meaning in our random world.