Attending my first Sankofa Conference this year was enlightening, revitalizing, and placed my focused where it should be- on family. With this year's theme of "Reafrikanization and Life Cycles," workshops for children, adults, and elders focused on refocusing our attention on the mission and goal of family building, nation building and charged us as parents to plan for a successful transition from children to adults for our progeny.
I realized how offset we get at times when we don't prioritize in order or in alignment with the Creator's will for our lives. As the maintenance of Ma'at (order, balance, harmony) is the ultimate goal of the Universe, we must always connect with the Creator and do our interdependent part. During the the graduation ceremony of African men and women following there long initiation or passage of rites ceremony, I was enamored by the dedication, commitment, and obligation these young people accepted to be and represent the best of their heritage and culture. Families getting together and eating natural, healthy meals, mothers breastfeeding, women and men planning future nationbuilding events- I've never experienced anything quite like this and I hunger for me.
My goals were set, my attention more directed, and my energies are now planted in the soil of building and sustaining African families within my home, my community, and the world. It is not an easy task however one we must commit to as our survival depends upon it.
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