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June 4, 2023 79 mins

HOODOO CAST - Episode 3: Okraguare: Soul-washing (head-cleansing) and Mental Health in Hoodoo Ft. Nijma Esad

HOODOO CAST: Podcast for Authentic Hoodoo - Akan Ancestral Religion in North America

Odwirafo is in Washington DC to dialogue with Nijma Esad, line producer and narrator for the upcoming documentary film Takes a Village: Trauma, Triggered, Truth. This film examines mental health in the African-American community, inclusive of therapeutic interventions rooted in Ancestral Religious practice. We discuss the contrast between conventional western therapy and the ritual practice of Okraguare: Soul-washing. This is the cleansing of the Spiritual head in Akan culture which is preserved in Hoodoo in North America. We also discuss Ancestral Shrine communication, reincarnation and spiri-genetic inheritance in Hoodoo.

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Nijma Esad

Takes a Village: Trauma, Triggered, Truth - Documentary Film

https://fundrazr.com/takesvillage nijma.esad@gmail.com

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“All of the Coromantee Country”: The Akan Diaspora in North America

https://academic.oup.com/book/2136/chapter-abstract/142089759?redirectedFrom=fulltext

AKRADINBOSOM: Akan Abosom (Deities) of the 7-Day Week https://odwirafo.com/akradinbosom.html

THE OKRA/OKRAA COMPLEX - The Soul of Akanfo

The Nature and Function of the Soul (Divine Consciousness) in Akan Cosmology

https://www.odwirafo.com/The_Okra-Okraa_Complex_The_Soul_of_Akanfo.pdf

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