My sister and I are trying to reconnect with our grandmother's Akan spiritual practices after years of being told they were 'primitive,' but we keep arguing about how much we can authentically reclaim versus what feels like cultural appropriation of our own heritage. Neither of us speaks Twi fluently anymore and we're both carrying shame about what we've lost while desperately wanting to honor what remains.
More people experience this than they realize.
Family members navigate the complex terrain between cultural reclamation and authentic connection when returning to disrupted ancestral traditions.
“Where Are You with Indigenous spiritualities — Africa?”
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