ECHOES OF LEGACY: A Blog for the Ancestors
Your Blog Dedicated to Ancestral Honor
As trivial as we may try to make it, we have always been a people who took great pride in our appearance, no matter the occasion. It made me think of LaNisha, her beautiful spirit, and her wonderful contributions to the world of fashion. I dedicate this diary as a literary libation to the memory of LaNisha Simon. … GO IN…Sankofa 2015: Royalty Reigns
In my absence, Sankofa still taught me a lesson. No other event was more important to me than going to the water and giving thanks to The Creator and my, our ancestors. This would be the last time I would miss Sankofa. … GO IN…Sankofa 2014: Not Just Another Event
Was I really going to ignore my ancestors after they had been calling me to the water all year? Hell…infatically….no. … GO IN…Sankofa 2013: TAXI !!!!!!!
Although I wasn’t there, I still heard the drums in between sobs. What is it about the caravan than makes me feel it like this when I miss it? … GO IN…Sankofa 2012: Absent in Mourning
Then, it happened. The masquerade prophecies as told through an Egungun priest. He ripped through the crowd like a tornado, delivering messages to whomever was divinely appointed to receive. … GO IN…Sankofa 2011: The Masquerade Man & the Beach House
I meditated on what sacrifice and offerings meant to me. Usually, the first thing to came to my mind was the sacrifice of Christ. It dissolved into visions of crosses to nooses, my grandfathers hanging from trees. My grandmothers working their fingers to the bone, ever silent in their trauma and suffering. It hit me. Hard. Documented a million times over, my ancestors were and are my Jesus. They died for me, literally. … GO IN…Sankofa 2010: The Beauty, The Warning, & The Offering
