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I’ve been watching these videos and it’s a great course.
As Okunini explained our key African concepts, it made me realize how much English/Western languages have dumbed down our concepts. For instance, I looked up the etymology for libation, and this is what I found,
“late 14c., “pouring out of wine in honor of a god,” from Latin libationem (nominative libatio) “a drink-offering,” noun of action from past-participle stem of libare “pour out (an offering),” perhaps from PIE *lehi- “to pour out, drip” (source of Greek leibein “to pour, make a libation”).
Yi Apaeɛ or what is often translated as libation in the Akan language has a much deeper meaning than pouring out a drink to god. As Okunini explained, Yi Apaeɛ means to remove the division. Removing the division between us, the Creator and its many manifestations, Ancestors, etc.
