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By Keketso Motale If there is a picture that captures and tells my story it should be this one.. In no more words but mountains that have heavily and protectively cloaked and nourished my being. It speaks of the untold [...]

By Keketso Motale After all the Mickey Mouse playing and following the masses you will have to heed to your true calling that may not be glamorous and fancy. You may and will have to listen to your inner voice [...]

By Quasibah My real spiritual journey started with the question: “Why doesn’t anyone, enlightened I read or know about look like me?” “Keep asking that question, the answer will come” my husband, also not knowing, would say. And man… the [...]

Next year, Ancestral Voices will be 10 years old. Ten years of researching, exploring and putting in much effort to bring African spiritual culture and traditions to mainstream consciousness and discussions to counter much of the ignorance and disdain that [...]

By Quasibah (Guest Writer) When my husband and I began developing our African Spirituality we felt it was important to stop celebrating Christmas and instead chose to celebrate the Winter Solstice by fasting and meditating from Dec 21-24 breaking the [...]

The life of a healer is defined by being able to step into a space that detaches one from self for the healing of others. It brings along with healing for others an understanding that what we seek and dream [...]

The Gospel according to ‘Witchcraft’ is what I call it; a phenomenon I see constantly played out across the Digital TV sphere on most Christian channels, particularly the Evangelical or Presbyterian outlets. It’s easily noticeable to any observer too. A [...]

One would think and quite understandably so that the mainstream religions of today have always been at the helm of humanity. From childhood we are conditioned with religious traditions and teachings binding us into a reality, which places particularly Abrahamic [...]

People often ask for information with regards to connecting with ancestors or developing spiritually. The truth is there is no right or wrong answer as such, however, what I would say is that books, information, courses and advice etc [...]

By Dalian Adofo (Ancestral Voices Co-director) Why can’t she be, after all don’t you owe your entry into this world to her? Personally, it would seem quite logical to arrive at this conclusion considering the concept of God is [...]

By Verona Spence-Adofo Since starting on the Ancestral Voices project 6 years ago one thing has been abundantly clear. It is the realisation that there is not only an underrepresentation and denigration of African Spiritual teachings but also a concerted [...]

By Verona Spence-Adofo James Weeks born in St. Croix Virgin Islands is a documentary filmmaker, author and an initiate in the Yoruba tradition of Ifa. His passion for ancient African spiritual traditions led him to start the film project ‘Across [...]

By Dalian Adofo This is not a sci-fi article, nor is it about any concepts found in any sci-fi movie, be it Star Wars or Star Trek or the plethora of similar movies out there. It is an article [...]

A rather common response I get when discussing nature-centred traditions is that ‘We should not worship creation but the Creator’. It always fascinates me when people speak with such conviction as though there is a perceived acceptable way to worship [...]

By Verona Spence-Adofo Grammy award-winning songwriter, vocalist, and composer King Mas aka “The Musical Obeah Man” speaks with Ancestral Voices about his experiences from childhood, becoming a musical artist and his spiritual beliefs. King Mas responded to our online call [...]

By Imani A.A. Nassor I was born in the UK in the 1970’s to first generation Jamaican parents; I am now in my forties, a professional, married with two children. As a child I had been brought up in the [...]

By Kwasi Boadu Ntiamoah God was too swift to answer prayers and pass judgment in the Old Testament days, do you know why? Have you ever asked how the ancient biblical prophets and patriarchs invoked God (Yahweh)? J.B. Danquah and [...]

By Olusola Adebiyi Recently I have been faced with the realisation that the myths and stories of the past are not ‘myths’ at all. This will come as no surprise to those educated in the literature of Clyde Ford or [...]

By Verona Spence-Adofo Pele and Sena Voncujovi are Japanese-Ghanaian brothers born into a family that practices traditional Ewe spirituality. The brothers now attend Middlebury College Vermont, USA and are trying to raise awareness about the realities of West-African spiritual and [...]

By Verona Spence-Adofo Walking the spiritual path can be a very enlightening experience that can bring forth much clarity, a deep sense of connection and knowledge of self. However, as I’m currently experiencing this is not just a time [...]

By Keketso Motale Imagine a world in which people have control over their own realities A world where people are co-creators of their everyday existence A place where people are nurtured from young to tap into their own spiritual gifts [...]

By Verona Spence-Adofo Originally published: 27 Feb 2017 My spiritual path began when I started taking an interest in self-help books. At the time I found them very uplifting as they offered insight into ways you could change your [...]