1 The Word as Divining Medium in Okinba Launko’s Dream –Seeker on Divining Chain Azeez Akinwumi Sesan Department of Languages (English Unit) Al-Hikmah University, P. M. B. 1601, Ilorin Kwara State, Nigeria azeezakinwumisesan@gmail.com, +2347065595199 Being the text of a paper presented at Voyages around The Sahara Testaments Colloquim, Institute of African Studies, University of Ibadan on June 6, 2014. The author: Azeez Akinwumi Sesan lectures in the Department of Languages ( English Unit) of Al- Hikmah University, Ilorin. His research areas include African Literature, Literary Theory and Criticism, Performance, Gender, Cultural and Film/Media Studies. He has published in learned journals and books of reading.