Note: the content of the article below is actually identical to the introduction to the 60-page paper with the same name as this article. To download the paper as a…
"Bayi" is the word for "witchcraft" in the Akan language. "Obayifo"/"Abayifo" used in the current Akan language means "person who practices witchcraft". I say this because both words have roots…
Last month (November), my spiritual brother and friend in Ghana sent me this video on Dr. Nobles' thoughts. My friend cautioned me to take my time listening to the video,…
Even if anyone contests the claim that Anokye was and still is the greatest medicine man (shaman) the Akan have known, it is without doubt that he is the most…
Tawa, the Sun spirit of the Hopi People Robert Morning Sky & Anton Parks Anyone who is familiar with my books and other writings will be aware that I have…
One big component of world culture, and certainly of African culture, in ancient times and in the present, is the sharing of wisdom through proverbs. Proverbs can be defined as…
Adinkra are the traditional symbols of the Akan people found in Ghana, Cote d’Ivoire and Togo. There are hundreds of these symbols that span all kinds of concepts, from cosmology…
It seems there is so much going on here on planet Earth these days. Global society is in the throes of a pandemic that seems to have succeeded in bringing…
A few days ago, my friend in Germany sent me the video, titled Ashanti Traditional Buildings, which shows the shrine of Tano, the river deity of the Akan people, and…
In a recent conversation I had with a friend who had just spent some time in the villages of the Faroe Islands in early 2020, I was struck when he…