with OlaOmi Akalatunde

Vodun-The Root of Voodoo

This is a course in Afrikan spirituality and worldview. The objective of the class is to offer an understanding of this ancient way to those who are interesting in practicing it as a way of life or studying it or even adding it to their own current practice.
 

Topics covered will include:
Who are the Orisha/Vodun/Loa?
What is the nature of  Ancient Afrikan  Supreme Being?
Affects of the Maafa (slave trade) on Afrikan Spirituality 
Role of Women in Afrikan Spirituality
Family in Afrikan Spirituality
Sacred Orature: Sacred Oral Texts of West Afrika
Power of the Spoken Word, Incantations
Western Adaptions of West Afrikan practices