Manbo Asogwe Dòwòti Désir (doo-what-tee day-seer)
high priestess
IMAGE SOURCE: Martial J. Davis and The AfroAtlantic Theologies & Treaties Institute. | TEXT SOURCE: Rachael Bongiornio. “Beyond a Religion: Vodou Connects Haitians to their African Roots.” Feet in Two Worlds. 18 Dec. 2014.
QUOTE CONTEXT: “Because we live in a world with the legacy of colonialism and the transatlantic slave trade, in some way we can describe the experience of the African decedents, particularly in the Afro-Atlantic world, in the Americas, as one that has been about anomic erasure. It’s been about erasing our culture, erasing our memory, erasing our sense of self.”
QUOTE QUESTION: Who do you look to to help restore a sense of self and place?
IMAGE CONTEXT: In recognition of the Pathway of the Ancestors tour sponsored by the Royal Palace of Hounon Houna II.
IMAGE QUESTION: In what settings does your regal self come forward?
MEDIA LITERACY CONTEXT: The text is from a website offering the work of immigrant journalists. The photo is from a website empowering the voice of Vodun practitioners.
MEDIA LITERACY QUESTION: What are the media channels for your Peoples’ voices on ancestral land and in the diaspora?
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