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  • What Is Hoodoo | Conjure?

    What Is Hoodoo | Conjure?
    2025/10/26
    When we don't know a word or what something is, it's easy to let assumptions, misunderstandings or even misinformation lead us to label it as bad and not to be liked. Well, Hoodoo and Conjure have had a bad rap for exactly those reasons. So, here's a crash course on what this ancient ancestral traditions are from a Priestess who not only practices the religion, but sheds a light on why culturally we do a lot of the things that we do everyday.
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    1 時間 26 分
  • Markings Left Behind

    Markings Left Behind
    2025/10/19
    Everyday, as we move through life, we come across markings that our ancestors left behind for us. From the beautiful kente cloth designs, to the mud cloths to the Adrinka symbols that can be found everywhere; sharing wisdom with us; reassuring us that we're not alone; communicating tribal messages and so much more. The symbols are not just random pictures, they're our history, our identity, our genealogy, our culture and our roots.
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    1 時間
  • Keeper of the Culture | Dr. Jessica Berry

    Keeper of the Culture | Dr. Jessica Berry
    2025/10/12
    Some people say that the Gullah Geechee language is dying. Well, it's not! Finding out how many people are speaking Gullah or Geechee might be difficult because speakers are code switching. So, what is code switching? And why are bi-lingual Gullah's changing how they speak in public if their first language is Gullah? Join me for an energized and educational conversation on language, culture and how the language will be able to sustain itself for future generations.
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    54 分
  • The Cost of Slavery

    The Cost of Slavery
    2025/10/06
    Let's face it. Slavery was all about "the dollar dollar bill ya'll". It offered free labor and an incredible economic growth that we are still seeing today,,,,,,,hundreds of years later. The impact that we don't talk about is the human cargo that was the largest "crop" that was grown out of slavery and the humanity that was affected in order to enable it to thrive.
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    55 分
  • Homeland

    Homeland
    2025/09/28
    Years ago, I would have never even thought to define or try to distinguish between what is a birthplace and where is your homeland; that is until I traveled to Africa. There are distinct differences between the two and regardless of how much you love the country of your birth and are accustomed to life there, your homeland has special connections and strong ties that are, well, unbreakable.
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    27 分
  • The Black Tax

    The Black Tax
    2025/09/21
    Black land loss is at a critical point in America, but especially in the South. Since emanipation, the deck has been stacked against Black land owners, who by 1910 had 16 million acres. At last count, the number was around 6 million and dropping fast. Author Andrew Kahrl of the book, The Black Tax: 150 Years of Theft, Exploitation, and Disposition in America sheds a bright light not only on the problem as we know it today, but also on its origin, and how we got here.
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    1 時間 9 分
  • Coming Back Home

    Coming Back Home
    2025/09/14
    Ancestrial roots can be a funny thing. They show up in a variety of ways. That comfy feels like home feeling when visiting a place or the memory of the familiar, when everything around you, you thought was new to you. It's a soft and consistent prodding thought. A desire to go somewhere and the need to stay - just a little longer. And regardless of what we try to do, or how we try to resist, those roots are tethered enough and strong enough to yank us right back to where we belong and exactly when we belong there.
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    1 時間 7 分
  • Religion & The Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade

    Religion & The Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade
    2025/09/08
    Most of the time, when we think about the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade, thoughts of stolen ancestors and the exchange of goods comes to mind. And of course, the primary basis of the Slave Trade was for the trafficking of human beings from Africa, which was the major economic driver for slavery and the free labor that came from it. Of course, the commerce connection is the strongest element, but the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade impacted several other facets across the globe, including religion. Listen in on a fascinating conversation on how the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade affected how and when the birth and blending of religious practices came to America.
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    46 分