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Age of the Water Bearer

SKIPPER’S LOG / ANCESTRAL ENTRY DATE: February 15, 2016 ∴ February 23, 2024 [Gregorian] “If you’re searching for a Ntr (God/dess), observe & follow Nature… In every vital activity, it is the Path/Free-quency that matters“~Proverbs from Ipet-Resyt [“Southern Sanctuary”] of… Read More

The Drinking Gourd

During America’s Underground Railroad era (1800-1865), Africans escaping slavery in the south knew through ‘map-songs’ that in order to Steal Away to Jesus, they’d have to Wade in the Water (to throw hunting dogs off their scent) and… Read More

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Posted on August 8, 2021 by malaika mutere

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