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3 Hour Intensive Twi Workshop: Akom Songs of the Akan

http://abibitumikasa.com/market/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=4&products_id=100 Black by Popular Demand What: 3 Hour Intensive Twi Workshop: Akͻm Songs of the Akan Who: You Afrikan! When: Sunday, November 8, 2009 @ 1:00PM EST Where: Abibitumi Kasa Member Classroom How much: 50 USD How: Step 1: Register and pay for the workshop at… Continue

Added by OsOfoO/Okyeame Kwame Kambon on November 2, 2009 at 12:24am — No Comments

Merindinlogun Readings

I am Olorisha Aboyade a Medium, Priestess of OYA, student, practitioner and devotee of traditional AfriKan spirituality, which includes Ifa, Vodoun, Akan and Kemetic beliefs. You may contact me for Merindinlogun readings: Mawiyah@bellsouth.net Continue

Added by Mawiyah Bomani on July 27, 2009 at 11:22am — 1 Comment

To Come to Terms

To come to terms that you are not the same Is not as easy as playing the game You abide by the rules And carry special tools For you are a person who never walks alone They are always with you in your home They hear your worries and soothe the thought That you will never learn the lesson taught See you are not the same as another Always find strength in your brother When you think you have fallen and hit the ground Just remember you are never really down You have to keep faith in all those wi… Continue

Added by Yaa Aboagyewa Boakyewa on February 10, 2009 at 11:01pm — 3 Comments

Intensive Akan (Twi) Workshop: Libations in Akan 2/7/09 2PM EST

Intensive Akan (Twi) Language Workshop Saturday, February 7, 2009, 2:00PM Eastern Standard Time. Who: You Afrikan! What: Three Hour Intensive Akan (Twi) Language Workshop When: Saturday, February 7, 2009, 2:00PM-5PM EST Where: AbibitumiKasa.com Member classroom Why: So that you too may communicate in the language of your Afrikan Ancestors How: Be sure to come to our Member Classroom at 2:00PM Eastern Time promptly at http://www.abibitumikasa.com/forums/chat/flashchat.php Be advised, you… Continue

Added by OsOfoO/Okyeame Kwame Kambon on January 29, 2009 at 2:41pm — No Comments

Words of Wisdom

An Angel says, 'Never borrow from the future. If you worry about what may happen tomorrow and it doesn't happen, you have worried in vain. Even if it does happen, you have to worry twice.'

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Added by Nana Baakan Agyiriwah on January 9, 2009 at 8:06pm — No Comments

Faith

Since childhood i have been exposed to traditional African spirituality. I have knowledge of the Neteru, the Orisha, the Loa, the Abosum and the illustrious Ancestors. Growing up in America having this knowledge has always been juxtaposed with the tangible reality of materialism. As a child i did not fully respect the knowledge of intangible spirituality that my mother worked so hard to cultivate in my spirit. I cast off this knowledge for the emblems and talismans of the world. The finest cloth… Continue

Added by Okomfo Kweku Nkruma Opare on November 1, 2008 at 9:10am — 3 Comments

I've aded music

Hi everyone. I've recorded some Akan-themed songs over the past few years and figured since we are all family, I would post them so you can listen. I sang all the parts & recorded them on my computer. Don't laugh! -Okomfo Adwoa Continue

Added by OkomfoAdwoa Tacheampong on October 31, 2008 at 4:46pm — No Comments

ASANTEHENE CALLS FOR RESEARCH INTO HERBAL MEDICINE

www.ghanaweb.com: General News of Saturday, 18 October 2008 Asantehene calls for research into plant medicine Kumasi, Oct 18, GNA - Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, Asantehene, has stressed the need for research institutions to collaborate with herbalists. He said God had blessed the nation… Continue

Added by Okyerema Nyansaboakwa Akyampon on October 18, 2008 at 4:21pm — No Comments

Akan in America, How is that Possible? Part One

THE REVOLUTION

Let me begin by stating I derive a great passion from this question and the others that I will discuss in this article. I have a history of exploring many spiritual traditio

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Added by Nana Baakan Agyiriwah on September 26, 2008 at 7:30pm — 5 Comments

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