Wind, like many other forces of nature, has a variety of distinct manifestations that Afrikan people’s have incorporated into their religious beliefs and practices. These distinct manifestations of wind are caused by the unique regional climates of Afrika and in turn, people’s perception of wind is then influenced by how the wind impacts… Read more

One of the four basic elements in the universe is Fire (the others being Air, Earth and Water) that represents in many Afrikan cosmologies the first element because, accordingly, it represents the state in which the World/Earth originated – “a burning planet.” Thus, fire is central to how Afrikan people understand the structure and order of… Read more

In most traditional Afrikan societies they regard the Earth as sacred, they take the Earth to be a major spirit- not just the carrier of all the other spirits, but a vital, living entity. The implications of this philisophical idea are numerous. In the ancient narrative of creation that is told in the Afrikan Nile Valley (Kemet), the Supreme… Read more