Environmental degradation has been found to have a significant impact on human health. Although scientists and clinicians are at the forefront of understanding these complex links, it is also necessary to investigate the potential insights that the humanities can provide. Building on existing scholarship, this study argues that African indigenous knowledges are replete with mechanisms for understanding the nature of the problem and in procuring lasting solutions. Specifically offering an in-depth content analysis of Ifá religious corpus among the Yorùbá of Southwestern Nigeria, this study argues that Ifá corpus contains significant historical references to epistemological sources for understanding the relationship between environmental degradation and (in)fertility. I demonstrate that Odù Ọ̀sá Méjì, an Ifá corpus, explains the interlayers of Yorùbá notions on environmental degradation, drought, forest burning, displacement of animals, and famine as causes of health-related issues such as decrease in sperm count and quality, absence of menstruation, post-term pregnancies, and decreased lactation. Relevant metaphors and hermeneutical tools are employed to uncover valuable insights from Ifá corpus on the nexus between a healthy environment and human fertility.

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在 Yorùbá orature 构建环境退化和（不）生育能力

已经发现环境退化对人类健康有重大影响。尽管科学家和临床医生处于理解这些复杂联系的最前沿，但也有必要调查人文学科可以提供的潜在见解。在现有学术研究的基础上，本研究认为，非洲土著知识充满了理解问题性质和寻求持久解决方案的机制。本研究专门提供了对尼日利亚西南部约鲁巴人 Ifá宗教语料库的深入内容分析，认为Ifá语料库包含对认识论来源的重要历史参考，以了解环境退化与（不）生育能力之间的关系。我证明了Ifá语料库Odù Ọ̀sá Méjì解释了 Yorùbá 关于环境退化、干旱、森林燃烧、动物流离失所和饥荒等健康相关问题的原因，如精子数量和质量下降、缺乏月经、过期妊娠和泌乳减少。相关的隐喻和解释学工具被用来从Ifá语料库中揭示关于健康环境和人类生育能力之间关系的宝贵见解。