Ancient Memories, Rooted Traditions
Saturday 29th November 2025
T: 11pm GMT / 6pm EST / 12pm CET
This show is to shine a light on our shared Ancestral Traditions in another part of the Americas often overlooked or not as often mentioned as the more known systems; the United States of America.
The syncretic brilliance of our Ancestors in various parts of the world following the Maafa (The African Holocaust) is well documented and celebrated in other parts of the world, but much less about the landmass that would become the world’s biggest super-power from exploitation of their labour, knowledge and genius?
What is known about the syncretic systems the Africans in America created in their spaces of enslavement, maroonage and other living spaces as has been done in spaces such as Brazil, Cuba, Haiti and more?
What is known about how they used knowledge of the land to ensure their survivial, facilitate resistance and forge communal bonds?
What is known about what has collectively come to be known as Hoodoo, an expression of spirit rooted to the modern-day American soil?
Join us to learn more!
Bios of our guests:
Jeida K. Storey (she/her) is a preachin’ & teachin’ Hoodoo mutha, medium, and mystical midwife. She is a spiritual empowerment coach for folks who are ready to rebirth themselves and create new, liberating stories for their lives. She especially enjoys working with former church girls who are ready to Sever the Savior™ and live abundant lives outside the Christian church. She offers divination and spiritual talks on Storeytelling Tarot® on YouTube and serves as a facilitator for in-person Hoodoo events in partnership with Xolani, known together as The Twin Hoodoo Muthas. Her work as a Hoodoo is to gently guide Blackfolk to themselves, their Ancestors, and their Guides. She is a proud southern woman from Georgia, currently living in the Bay Area of California with her husband and two children.
Phillip Loken:
“By embracing themes of liberation, authenticity, self-determination, community, and pride, my practice focuses on the Pan-Afrikan cultural commonalities found among subcultures and countercultures of the Black American South. As my unique visual language continues to take shape and develop through a practice driven by conversation, research, and study, I hope to encourage the viewer to take a second look and explore more deeply the lives, influences, and perspectives of the people, places, and objects I make images of. My work is open to commentary from all people, but I always work with the intention of engaging a Black audience.”
Based in Mebane, North Carolina, Phillip Loken was born in Texas and has lived in various cities and towns across North Carolina since age four. His photography is intimately tied to his lived experiences as an Afrikan man in the American South.
Loken is one of the recipients of The Archive of Documentary Arts at Duke University’s 2024 Collection Awards and his work has been exhibited nationally. As a professional photographer, Loken has worked with a variety of organizations and companies, including the City of Raleigh, CreativeMornings, the North Carolina Museum of Art, NoirBnb, Special Olympics NC, and Woodforest National Bank.
This event will be recorded and the replay will be available to ticket holders within 48hrs.
The live discussion will take place via Google Meet