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How to Navigate Professional Spaces That Don't Accept Traditional Beliefs

The university where I work would probably fire me if they knew I consult traditional healers for major life decisions, so I live in this constant state of hiding who I really am.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Professional advancement demands cultural assimilation that requires abandoning essential aspects of identity and wisdom inheritance.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with African traditional healing traditions?”

If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.