Our African Traditions: Go Back and Claim It (part 1 and 2)

The focus of the conference was to share traditional tools that will enable people of African descent to maintain contact with their African spiritual past while living in a western society.

Keynote Presentation by: Dr. Charles S. Finch, III (Historian and author of The African Background to Medical Science, Echoes of the Old Dark Land, and The Star of Deep Beginnings: Genesis of African Science & Technology)

Featuring: Nana Kwaku Sakyi (Ɔbosomfoɔ/Traditional Priest) and Nana Kwesi Odaaku (Ɔkyeame, Amanmere Ɔpanyin/Cultural Elder)

Panel Discussion: Akan Perspectives on the Concepts of:

• Onyame (God) & Asase Yaa (Mother Earth)
• Onipa (Human Beings), Nsamanfoɔ (Ancestors)
• Ɔbosom & the Training of Traditional Priests

This conference was hosted by Kompan Adepa.  To learn more visit www.kompanadepa.org.

CLICK HERE to view the trailer.