WHO
WE ARE
Odwirafo Kwesi Ra Nehem Ptah Akhan - Founder and Director of KANKYE - Conjure Film Festival
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Odwirafo Kwesi Ra Nehem Ptah Akhan of Aakhuamuman Amaruka Atifi Mu, the Akwamu Nation in North America, is an Odumafo, traditional diviner of Hoodoo passed down through the blood-circles of his Aakhuamu (Akwamu) Ancestresses and Ancestors for centuries in Mississippi, Alabama and Chicago.
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Odwirafo is the author of 31 books to date with groundbreaking research examining critical aspects of Afurakani/Afuraitkaitnit (African) Ancestral Religion, Culture, Trustory, Holistic Health and Nationbuilding/Restoration.
Odwirafo is also the founder of the annual AKYISAN - Afurakani/Afuraitkaitnit (African) Ancestral Religious Reversion Conference. The Ancestral Religious traditions preserved in the blood-circles of African-Americans for over 300 years during the Mmuso Kese (Great Perversity/Enslavement era) are examined in our conference including: Hoodoo (Akan), Juju (Yoruba), Voodoo (Ewe, Fon), Ngengang (Fang), Wanga (Ovambo, Gullah) and more.
AMARUKAFO ADEBISA: African-American Ancestral Divination is the first film project by Odwirafo.
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KANKYE - Conjure FIlm Festival as an institutional effort builds upon the ongoing work of Afurakani/Afuraitkaitnit (African-Black) cultural restoration..
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