⁣Olokun Juju dance Ceremony

⁣Bwiti of the Fang 1963

This is a ceremony by the the people of Moree during the initiation of the their high priestess. The Moree People are An Akan ethnic group in West Africa, Burkina Faso/Ghana. The Moree People normally initiate their new traditional priestess during their annual festival

⁣Traditional healing has been a go-to therapy in Africa before the West(north) introduced its medicinal practice on the continent. In South Africa, there are traditional healers called Sangomas, and they are called by spirits of ancestors to be healers.

⁣Mzansi's Youngest Sangoma, this plays in the southern part of Africa, the initiate is very young, but as we know, you can get your ancestral calling either very young or when your a bit older, Malidoma Some also talks about this, go look it up.
footage taken from Daily SunTV

playing the Ngombi

Nganga is talking about eboka or iboga. We've been using power plants for quite some time now.
Taken from the breaking convention 2019.

⁣Darren will share his research that looks at the important historical and current events that have impacted and shaped the lives of African people in the diaspora. He will provide insight into some of traumatic experiences that we as the current generations inherit and how it affects us today.

Exploring some of the healing modalities accessible through rites of passage which include the use of entheogenic plants, Darren will highlight some ground breaking research that supports these activities as a way to start the healing process.

With the renaissance gaining momentum, how do we ensure that all people across the world, from all backgrounds, are represented at the table and consulted about the future applications of these psychedelic experiences?

Darren Springer is a grass-roots researcher and event organiser based in London. After setting up Ancient Future in 2006, he has continued to develop workshops and projects geared around creative arts, personal-development and African-Caribbean spiritual systems in his community. Collectively his work aims to inform and empower individuals from diverse backgrounds to cope with social challenges and contribute to community development as well as self-improvement in an innovative and culturally-aware style. He has presented at the Breaking Convention in London, the Detroit Entheogenic Conference, Ozora in Hungary, Altered in Berlin and numerous consciousness. Darren is a knowledgeable and dynamic speaker who is passionate about sharing his research on African Entheogenic plants and their various applications on the continent and the diaspora.