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Tags Andinkra symbols: Nyame Dua (which is the altar for ritual) and “Fawohodie” or freedom emancipation independence

Tag: Andinkra symbols: Nyame Dua (which is the altar for ritual) and “Fawohodie” or freedom emancipation independence

Wanda’s Picks for December 2017

Those of us in the San Francisco Bay Area reflect on the legacy and work that illustrated the life of Queen Mother Makinya Kouate. After Maulana Karenga gave the students from Merritt College a mimeographed sheet with notes about a harvest festival called Kwanzaa, the Oakland-Berkeley team started hosting community Kwanzaas in their homes. Later Sister Makinya would travel to Africa and learn more about harvest festivals