) run by Black women and Black nonbinary people sharing inspiring personal testimonials about their connection to these Afro-Indigenous practices. I learned that this form of spirituality often intersected with the politics that I deeply believe in of Black feminism and abolition, working toward a better world without state-sanctioned violence, punishment, and inequality.
When the pandemic hit, I, like many, was stuck inside the house most of the time, and I felt the progress I had made with my grief beginning to regress. I began to question whether trying to practice spirituality was even worth it considering the current state of the world. To see so many people fall ill or lose their lives to such an intense virus made it difficult to believe in the power of God or ancestors. Still, the spiritual mentors I followed online never seemed to lose their faith.
“I’ve had a lot more time to be still and quiet. I also feel that in that stillness and quietness, I have to listen to my spirits more. I’ve had to sit with my ancestors more. In that, you learn a lot about where you come from but you also learn a lot about yourself,” says Juju Bae, host ofand an avid practitioner of the hoodoo and Ifa traditions since 2016 and 2018 respectively. Ifa is a six-thousand-year-old Yoruba African tradition in which earth is viewed as divine.
Kamil Oshundara—a Black gender-fluid writer, artist, cultural curator, and practitioner of Ifa—notes that the tradition is actually based around self-reflection, which served them well during a time of social distancing. “Ifa is based around Ifa corpus, which is six thousand years old, and that’s where we study our scripture. There’s lots of work about moments of transformation or turning within and finding solace during isolation,” they explain.
When asked what she hopes for those who practice these spiritual traditions in the future and after the pandemic, Ibaorimi says, “I hope that we commit to fight against these oppressive systems and we engage in principal struggle with others. I think that there is so much that our spiritual traditions can do in movement.”Sign Up Now
Cool read. I find these spiritual practices fascinating.
Be very careful. You are playing with unknown spirits. They are everywhere trying to pounce on you.
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