@Guvnor @medase @The Odum of Ala Igbo @$cam-U-Well_Jack$on
Do you guys wanna complie and African religious library for the Coli? And
@Guvnor Can post it in the op?
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Here is what I have had any association with:
Person, Divinity and Nature: A Modern View of the Person & the Cosmos in African Thought (Karnac Philosophy)
The author, Chukwunyere Kamalu, was on
AbibitumiKasa where he talked about the book. That's where I heard about it, I intend to purchase it.
African Cosmology of the Bantu-Kongo: Tying the Spiritual Knot, Principles of Life & Living, 2nd Edition
Dr. Fu-Kiau is a serious scholar. I haven't really gotten deep into this book, but the 2nd chapter I read first for free online about the Bantu-Kongo initiated conception of time and it blew my mind that this CP-time thing is a Afro-cosmological thing. I'm reading
Mbongi: A Traditional African Political Institution and I've read
Simba-Simbi which is a short but excellent read.
Ojise: Messenger of the Yoruba Tradition
Written by an AA who became a Babalawo in the Ifa Tradition. Fascinating read about what he could share at least in the process of initiation.
AFTER GOD IS DIBIA: Igbo Cosmology, Divination & Sacred Science in Nigeria, Volume 2, John Anenechukwu Umeh
Found out about this from the podcast of the Author(s) below and from the Igbo Cyber Shrine
How To Make a Negro Christian
Kamau Makesi-Tehuti annotates a series of pamphlets by pastor george colcock-jones about the indoctrination of christianity to the enslaved black population for the expressed purposes of increased servitude and docility. He also has
a podcast that I HIGHLY recommend.
His Journal also has exclusive essays on T.A.R/S (trad. af. rel./spirituality). if you have any type of podcast app it makes it much easier to deal with because BlogTalkRadio's navigation is garbage.
KUKUU-TUNTUM: The Ancestral Jurisdiction (pdf)
I really really enjoy the works from Odwirafo Kwesi Ra Nehem Ptah Akhan. There is definitely a "learning-curve" in getting used to the way this brother delivers the information, but the information is beyond golden. This particular book traces out the history of the characters in the bible/quran/torah vedas and how they are all b*stardized off of our different deities that were then weaponized against us. For those questioning the merit of the bible, read that.
He also has a video/audiobook of this.
I really have learned more from that last author more than anyone, particularly because of
his podcast (also on BTR) where he goes through at least one of his works at a time. His work specifically focuses on the western expression of the Akan spiritual system, but he aligns these deities between different West Afrikan systems, most notably Vodun and Ifa, because likely thats the majority of us over here.
I was surprised when he delivered the
origin of the term "Africa" but then I luckily had a copy of
The Book of Coming Forth By Day (the Egyptian Book of the Dead) where he cited the term. I looked and it was there. He also talks a lot about the
divinity Ma'a, the male counterpart to Ma'at. Literally no one else talks about Maa and Maat. Again, last night as I was reading the
Book of Coming Forth By Day, many times Ma'a is referenced by name in the mdw ntr, it is very very interesting as to why people haven't included Ma'a before, esp since he was present the entire time in stone...
Kilombo Restoration and Healing is a publication house by
Axosu, HRM Agelogbagan Agbovi. He produce works in the same vein as Odwirafo, T.A.R/S works for us that were brought over here (North America) by the enslavement era. I think this is a huge point that we often overlook in getting into our right mind and spirit. I've purchased two of his books so far, they have been extremely thorough and inspirational. He more is doing work (as I see it) that is a step down the road from Odwirafo. Meaning, Odwirafo is delivering knowledge on how to find your T.A.R/S through divination and giving very thorough information to give context to what you may be receiving at your shrine/dreams/daydreams/Occurences and HRM Agbovi then codifies these Ancestral Transmissions, producing newer Holy Texts for us, once you've found where you belong.
The spiritual adaptations to the west is something I think (again) that we seriously need to think about. Odwirafo talks about it, the consumption of different plant/animal/mineral life here, the weather here, as made us here a distinct, but related people to us back home. Both of them, like i said, do excellent work in helping us adapt T.A.R/S for the future; the proper act of Sankofa.
