We Will Dance with Mountains

This video shows intergenerational relationships in indigenous healing dances in Kenya. The nighttime Kilumi dance at the “Ithembo” shrine originally led by initiated older women (“iveti sya ithembo”) served to pray for rain, empower healers, exorcise evil spirits, and appease ancestors. Today, it’s expanded to include younger women and uses its ritual power to support community mental health.

Article on Gaboism, a contemporary indigenous African philosophy of science, art, and religion developed by GT Obadiah between 2013 and 2015, which emerges from the metaphysical and cosmological traditions and beliefs of the Gadé people of Central Nigeria.

In this podcast episode, Nimot Ogunfemi speaks with Dr. Njoki Wane from Kenya. Dr. Wane explores how we can use indigenous spirituality as a tool for liberation.