Lately, there has been some buzz in the community about cultural appropriation of African belief systems. We’ve talked a lot about the problem, and I think it’s time we addressed some realistic solutions. The global spiritual community has always shared information, but the speed has increased dramatically since the internet. …
There seems to be a sad but comical trend lately, of “initiated” Europeans accusing Africans of cultural appropriation for practicing spirituality that we grew up with, and is our ancestral birthright. Though I have in the past responded to this sort of thing with anger, when I took the time…
How corporations and the police may get their claws into your house/ile. If you think your group has been infiltrated, you do have a legal right to fight back.
Some (not all) Lukumi practitioners in Florida posed an accord to try to distance the belief system from Africa back in 2009-2010. Needless to say it didn't work, but it should be noted that some tried.
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