Iyalorixá Valnizia de Ayrá and Dr. Rachel E. Harding will be among the presenters at a conference in New York City hosted by the Caribbean Cultural Center African Diaspora Institute and the City University of New York, September 23, 2017. TRADE/ITION...
Continue ReadingOn September 28, the campus of Spelman College welcomes Iyalorixá Valnizia de Ayrá for an extended informal conversation about the Afro-Brazilian ritual tradition Candomblé, the divine feminine, Afro-Brazilian healing practices and women’s spir...
Continue ReadingThe eldest among us carry deep wisdom of experience with them – this is especially true of the most senior women in our communities of African descent who have often borne unique burdens in their labors on earth. Because they have seen before us, some...
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