The co-founder of Black Lives Matter (Patrisse Cullors) stated she uses the practice of (Ifa) in political protest events?
As seen below (Ifa) is witchcraft/satanism (Santeria) (Voodoo) Etc
She also advocates prison abolition, a parallel to defunding the police in the USA
Wikipedia: Patrisse Cullors
Patrisse Cullors (born June 20, 1983) is an American artist and activist. Cullors is an advocate for prison abolition in Los Angeles and a co-founder of the Black Lives Matter movement. She is also a LGBTQ activist.
Cullors was born in Los Angeles, California. She grew up in Pacoima, a low-income neighborhood in the San Fernando Valley.[1] She became an activist early in life, joining the Bus Riders Union as a teenager.[1]
Cullors recalls being forced from her home at sixteen when she revealed her queer identity to her parents.[2] She was involved with the Jehovah's Witnesses as a child, but later grew disillusioned with the church. She developed an interest in the Nigerian religious tradition of Ifá, incorporating its rituals into political protest events. She told an interviewer:
Wikipedia: Ifa
Ifá is practiced throughout the Americas, West Africa, and the Canary Islands, in the form of a complex religious system, and plays a critical role in the traditions of Santería, Candomblé, Palo, Umbanda, Vodou, and other Afro-American faiths, as well as in some traditional African religions.
As seen below (Ifa) is witchcraft/satanism (Santeria) (Voodoo) Etc
She also advocates prison abolition, a parallel to defunding the police in the USA
Wikipedia: Patrisse Cullors
Patrisse Cullors (born June 20, 1983) is an American artist and activist. Cullors is an advocate for prison abolition in Los Angeles and a co-founder of the Black Lives Matter movement. She is also a LGBTQ activist.
Cullors was born in Los Angeles, California. She grew up in Pacoima, a low-income neighborhood in the San Fernando Valley.[1] She became an activist early in life, joining the Bus Riders Union as a teenager.[1]
Cullors recalls being forced from her home at sixteen when she revealed her queer identity to her parents.[2] She was involved with the Jehovah's Witnesses as a child, but later grew disillusioned with the church. She developed an interest in the Nigerian religious tradition of Ifá, incorporating its rituals into political protest events. She told an interviewer:
For me, seeking spirituality had a lot to do with trying to seek understanding about my conditions—how these conditions shape me in my everyday life and how I understand them as part of a larger fight, a fight for my life.
Wikipedia: Ifa
Ifá is practiced throughout the Americas, West Africa, and the Canary Islands, in the form of a complex religious system, and plays a critical role in the traditions of Santería, Candomblé, Palo, Umbanda, Vodou, and other Afro-American faiths, as well as in some traditional African religions.
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