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The African Vodun Calendar

The Azanlilɛn Kilɔmbo is the official calendar of the maroon Monarchy of Gànlɔdó and set to be the official calendar of the culture and tradition of Afrikan Vodún. It is based on an ancient calendar concept originally found amongst the ancient Ajã people who reside in what is now Southern Benin Republic, with adjustments based on a New Afrikan overstanding. This calendar is a guide for our daily dɛxixò – ritual ceremonies, cleansing schedules, and more. The monarchy of Gànlɔdó put this calendar together in the year 6256 AX (2015 CE) by uniting various oral traditions on time keeping that the Ayinon (His Imperial Majesty) Axosu Agelogbagan Jǐsovì Azàsinkpontín Agbovi gathered from various sources in Southern Benin Republic and Southern Nigeria over a two-year plus period. This calendar has been adjusted to modern times without compromising any of its ancient integrity. Thus, it has a New Afrikan character also. The names of the days of the week and the supporting Kpólí (sign) of the month are from a New Afrikan approach. The creation of this calendar was totally guided by the Ifá/Fá oracle.

The same spirit that inspired the Axosu to adopt the N’ko Mande writing script as the official Afrikan writing system of Gànlɔdó is the same spirit that has informed the development of our calendar. It was the spirit that saw the dire need to bring integrity back to Afrikan traditions. Respected traditions are traditions which have their own languages, writing scripts, foods, culture, and calendars. The problem of the loss of a proper calendar kicked in under the Nawɔnkúvó – the fall of Afrikan people into sickness and degeneracy (“slave trade”) and their “forgetting” a lot of their more ancient and powerful traditions. This term is also used for the captivity period and the resultant post captivity oppression suffered by New Afrikan people at the hands of their enemies – the European yovo (“white” non Afrikans). The Azanlilɛn helps us reestablish our Máwùfɛnu (Ajã word for “Afrikan”) concept of gan (time). In our current calendar period, the year is 6264 AX (AX being year the clan starting 6264 years ago). We hope that people in other Afrikan cultures can adopt this calendar and adjust it to their needs.

The Calendar

By Ganlodo being based in the western hemisphere, in Vodùn,  our xwe (year) starts on the vernal equinox which is usually anywhere between March 19-21 of the Gregorian calendar. The year is composed of twelve 30-day months with 5-6 Azan lɛ Doxweme (Intercalary Days) added at the end for a complete 365 day year.

There are two weeks that the calendar acknowledges. One is the mundane 7-day week (7-day weeks were in use in West Afrika before European contact) and the cyclical 9-day sacred week called the Gba Azan. This 9-day cycle is the heartbeat of the calendar, each of the nine days being governed by particular deities, chants, taboos, and colors. The 7-day week and 9-day week work in conjunction with one another in that depending on which day of the 7-day week a Gba Azan falls on will determine how auspicious the gba Azan is or not. For instance, when the Azoblo Gba Azan falls on a Gbetozangbe (Monday) it is considered ganji (auspicious).

Each month has certain celebrations to the deities in fixed positions. Another profound feature of this African calendar is that each month is governed by a particular Kpólí Fá (Odù Ifá among the Yọrùbá). These are the 256 sacred chapters of the sacred Ifá/Fá oracle containing the deep philosophy and spiritual integrity of the universe. Importantly, they are divine energies that govern aspects of life and situations we find ourselves in. The Kpólí Fá of the month one is born under, in conjunction with the togodo (zodiac sign), one’s personal Kpólí Fá (found out through a Fá oracle reading), day of the week one is born on, time of day, and a few more factors lay out powerful life information, spiritual and mundane, for the individual.

Of special note are the 27 and 45 Day cyclical celebrations/rituals observed within this calendar. The 27-day cycle, Kúlitɔ Hɔngbó, is done as a major appeasement to the elevated ancestors and is the portal of the ancestors. That’s when certain bigger rituals are done for the ancestors because they come closer to us during that time. The 45-day ritual is called Gbĕlŭgan. It is a ritual cycle done to the deities to target specific familial and community issues. It is designed to bring energies back into alignment on a larger scale and to cleanse.

It should be noted that the days of this calendar do not start at the Gregorian midnight. They go sunrise to sunrise. Each day is sectioned off into quarters of 6 hours, each corresponding with a cardinal direction and color. Equinoxes and Solstices are marked as special sacred days/periods as well as the full and new moons.

Here follows further specifics of the New Afrikan Vodùn calendar. However, keep in mind this calendar is much more complex than the info you see here and proper usage can only be obtained from us at Gànlɔdó.

Sun lɛ  (Months)

1 – Kúlitɔ – Elevated Ancestors. Starting on the vernal equinox. Amethyst

2. Võto – restoring order.  Pyrite

3. Hwlεn –  delivery. Yellow Jasper

4. Di – illumination. Hematite

5. Gùfon – rebellion. Ammolite

6. Gbésù – divine law. Turquoise

7. Dokun – wealth. Gold

8. Gbogbè – slaying evil spirits. Emerald

9. Dekpe – beauty. Amber

10. Dedagbè –  good sacred word. Red Coral

11. Jidido – longevity. Ruby

12. Flìnsɔgudó – remembering. Lapis lazuli

Azan lee zangbe (Days of the Week… corresponding coincidentally with the Gregorian Sunday-saturday)

Kilɔmbozangbe – day of the Kilɔmbo. From the Maroon perspective, the Kilɔmbo is the containers of all we do. It is the basis of our activity towards family development, nation building and sovereignty. Kilɔmbo is a Kongo word that means “encampment”. They were the spaces in Brazil created by Afrikans who freed themselves by various means to join like minded individuals. Many Kilɔmbo were monarchies which the whites could not find or penetrate because of the high focus of culture and security.

Gbetɔzangbe – day of the authentic human

Hwezangbe – day of the family

Hennuzangbe – day of the extended family and community

Akɔzangbe – day of the clan

Togbàzangbe – day of nation building

Mɛdésúsínínɔzangbe – day of sovereignty

Azan lee Doxweme (Intercalary Days)

Alɔɖótè: Stop, pose, rest, cessation of movement

Blãnu – fasting

Lìnsɔgudó – thinking of the future

Sɛ́vɛsín – meditating

Cúɖúɖú – quiet

Vɛ̀kpɔ́n – Task of looking (reserved for leap years)

Seasons and their Directions 

Dǒnu – Becoming. Spring. Associated with the East.

Glanu – Power. Summer. Associated with the South.

Hwìhwɛnu. Calming. Fall. Associated with the North.

Hwèsiténu – Rising Sun. Winter. Associated with the West.

Year, Periods, and Great Eras/Cycles (Uga)

The ancients counted time is 135-year periods. So, if I were to say month one, day one of period one then that is pretty simple. But if I say on day one in month one of the first year of the second period that is plus 1 plus 135 years. So that would be the year 136 for us, or more precisely, the date of 1-1-136 A.X.

Uga – Era, Age, Cycle

Each uga, or age, is composed of 2160 years. Our current age of Azi started in 4320 AX (Gregorian year of 79 CE). Each 2160-year cycle is composed of four 540-year smaller cycles. The four ages we have adopted from the Igbo and are as follows:

1. Aka – divine mind and universal consciousness. No boundary between heaven and earth. Very mystic human beings.

2. Chi – world age of the preponderance of reincarnated people. Death emerges. Intuitiveness. Humans were closer to nature still. Duality comes about. Individualized chi come about.

3. Anwu – age of light. Death and illness escape from the bag of hatred and become clearly manifest in this age. Mindless destruction of animals and nature.

4. Azi – battle against nature. Negativity dominates. Age of degeneracy. We are currently in the deep part of the age of Azi which ends in 6480 AX (2239 CE of the Gregorian calendar).

We will reserve sharing the names, taboos, colors, chants and properties of the Gba Azan for those who contact us and we get to know.

For more information, please contact us at ekaabokilombo@gmail.com

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Today We Celebrate Kulitohongbo

Mi ku do Kúlítɔ Hɔngbó!
Today, on Gbetɔzangbe (“Monday”), date of Dokun 3, 6264 AX (Gregorian  September 18, 2023) we celebrate Kúlitɔ Hɔngbó. This word literally means “ancestor portal” in the Fɔ̀n dialect of the Ajã  language found in southern Benin Republic West Afrika. This is based on our ancient authentic azanlilen (calendar) going back over 6000 years and used by those who live Afrikan Vodun culture. It was observed long ago that the elevated ancestors used a repeated 27-day cycle to make their presence and power available to us on a larger collective scale than on the personal ancestral veneration scale. On this day, every 27 days, special rites and rituals are done for the ancestral collective of your own blood lineage to empower those that acknowledge the love, benevolence and role these ancestors play in our lives. It is also used to do the continuous work of healing our bloodlines from the various mishaps and tragedies (self inflicted and from the outside) that still plague our families. If it plagues the family then it plagues the community. Thus, making the work of nation building and sovereignty that much harder.
The sacred Odù Ifá Owonrin Méjì states:
The hollow part of a well-trekked road is it that breaks the back of a snake
This was the Awo who cast Ifa for Esin (horse) He also cast Ifa for Agbo (Ram)
When both of them were going to Ooni (the Kings of Ife) house on a spiritual expedition
Both Esin and Agbo, the Awo of the Ooni, King of Ile Ife
They were the Awo who cast Ifa for the Ooni
When he refused to pay his homage to his paternal ancestors anymore
And he was undertaking several ventures…Without succeeding in any
He was advised to offer sacrifice
He complied
I pay my homage to my father
I pay homage to my mother Except if I undertake any venture without reverence May my undertaking be accepted
And finally we learn this from the sacred Odù Ifá Òtúrúpọ̀n Méjì that speaks directly to the state of New Afrikans:
It is now a pitiful play
The Iyere Ifa has now become a dirge
When eyes are two, they watch events unfold
When legs are two, they walk fast
The rumps are two, they sit on a mat
One hand does not jingle Also, one leg will not walk very fast How can one refuse to answer the call from responsible people?
I am asked to kneel and greet those before me I knelt and greeted those before me I am asked to kneel and CALL on those behind me I knelt and called on those behnd me They asked, “Who are those before one?” I said “It is one’s paternal Ancestors before one” They asked, “Who are those behind one?” I said, “the Orisa in one’s paternal household is behind one” When alapandede builds its nest The nest does not touch the sea nor heaven (suspended in heaven) Looking at Oldumare in heaven Looking at human beings on earth Atangegere divined for Odusola, child of Arannase
Whose father died when he was a little child
Without the knowledge of how to cast Ifa (no real knowledge of his own culture and spirituality)
Without the knowledge of how to print the Odù
And not having been to Ile Ife to witness Ifa festival
When all the ritual elements were assembled for Odùṣola to start propitiating, he broke into tears
Saying he did not know if water was to be offered first
Heavenly spirits, descend and make this ritual a success for me, heavenly spirits
Whether it is gin to be offered first, I do not know
Heavenly spirits, descend and make this ritual a success for me, heavenly spirits
Whether it is obi that have to be offered first, I don’t know Heavenly spirits, descend and make this ritual a success for me, heavenly spirits
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18 Years in the Ifá Priesthood – A Narrative

E kó yi xwe afɔntɔn nukun atɔn. There goes year 18. (Ajã language)

18 years ago today, after almost 8 years of training with various knowledgeable priests and knowledgeable non initiated Afrikans, I went through a double initiation becoming a Babaláwo in the Yorùbá Iṣẹṣẹ tradition and a Bɔ̃konɔn in the African Vodun tradition of southern Benin Republic, West Afrika. The celebrating of an anniversary in Yorùbá language is called Odunde (returning year) and Hwetanu (a thing at the top of the year) in the Ajã* language of southern Benin Republic.

Ayìnɔ̀n (His Imperial Majesty) Àgɛ̀lɔ̀gbàgàn Jǐsovì Azàsinkpontín Àgbɔ̀vì I
Ayìnɔ̀n (His Imperial Majesty) Àgɛ̀lɔ̀gbàgàn Jǐsovì Azàsinkpontín Àgbɔ̀vì I at Jazz Fest Atl

How I feel About 18 Years in the Ifá Priesthood ???

When I was first told I was supposed to train and be initiated in 1997 (initiation came in 2005), I was very enthusiastic and was coming in as a Black Nationalist. …only to find out that the VAST majority of people in this tradition were far from nationalists, and truthfully not all of that “black conscious”. They were and are more religious than anything. This shocked me and was very disappointing. That was the first shock. The second was the amount of treachery and backbiting that was so rampant….the online Ifa gangsters who, if cornered at the Kroger grocery store, would immediately try to cop out. The treachery was and is so bad that I say the church ain’t got nothing on these Iṣẹṣẹ so called Ifa people. And the third concerns this. The lack of reciprocity shown in general from not only Iṣẹṣẹ, Vodún, Akan etc people but from our people in general. Often, they complain about stuff and talk about how we need to do this and that. But when you come to them with a solution then there are…. crickets. And don’t be a Maroon in this tradition. You are looked at as if you have 8 legs and one eye in the middle of your head.

I have helped countless people not lose and/or recover valuable things and people in their lives. Don’t ask me where they are, or where were they when I needed something. Maybe they were sitting in that mansion I helped them get back in a far away room and they just couldn’t hear the phone. Or maybe it was the usual: all that matters is what the priest (Babaláwo/Bɔ̃konɔn in this case) can do for them.

I’ve done countless Roots Readings (Ipilẹsẹ Fá idafá) that have reconnected New Afrikan people to their lineages; restoring their ethnic identity, family names, clan names, captured ancestors names what exactly happened to them, etc. Countless readings that retrieved their sponsoring ancestors names (the ancestor is referred to as a person’s Zɔtɔ – the one who gives their descendant fire)…readings that can only be done by a New Afrikan priest for New Afrikans. Removed generational curse after generational curse, healed people when everybody thought it was a done deal for them, kwk. Helped develop stronger family relationship with my work…even other priests. Yet, where are they now? Maybe they thought when I mentioned nation building they thought I was talking about Lego Blocks! Or maybe it was the usual: they were just using passed along “what we need to do for one another and as a people” jargon because they felt that was the right thing to do. No further action required.

You see, most priests celebrating their initiation anniversary will get out here and tell you all this good stuff…This same ole pie in the sky stuff. But I, His Imperial Majesty Agelogbagan, am telling you the real.

It has been an interesting ride with spurts of very positive. I’ve accomplished a lot in those 18 years. I have produced 20 of my 22 unique and groundbreaking  publications during this time. Inspired by my ancestors, I have been the only one to incorporate an Afrikan writing script into our Afrikan way of life. I was able, inspired by my ancestors again, to be able to write Vodún sacred text strictly using Ajã language and an Afrikan writing script called N’ko. I became the first “African American” to publish a book containing verses from each of the 256 Odù Ifá in 2011. I was ultimately honored and privileged to become the first Ajã Axɔ̀sú  (king) ever crowned outside of Benin on September 27, 2010. And from there on May 12, 2012 we founded Gànlɔdó Maroon monarchy – an Afrikan kingdom in America. 

However, when I was initiated, I was told I was here to serve the community and to nation build. I was exhilarated. However, what they did not tell me is that that service would not be reciprocated by the very community I serve.

However, I end with this. They say in our tradition one must do what there destiny says as given to them by Olódùmarè/Măwù, but I say that it is just a matter of time before someone realizes that they need to leave an abusive relationship.

Ayìnɔ̀n (His Imperial Majesty) Àgɛ̀lɔ̀gbàgàn Jǐsovì Azàsinkpontín Àgbɔ̀vì I ekaabokilombo@gmail.com

*The Fɔ̀n people are an Ajã subgroup.

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Afrikan Women’s Appreciation Month 6264 (2023)

Though we honor our Afrikan women at all times, on our official azanlilen (calendar) the month of Di (this, our fourth month, corresponding to June 18-July 17 of the Gregorian calendar) is officially Afrikan Women Appreciation Month at the Kilombonu (Maroon) Monarchy of Ganlodo. It is during this month that we take extra special care to honor the existence, achievements, love, loyalty and much more of the Afrikan woman.  The Afrikan woman is increasingly leading the way and holding down the fort. She is a mother, wife, sister, aunt, friend, teacher, entrepreneur, warrior, and nation builder.

In the Afrixan Vodun tradition, a married woman is known as Xwenon (mother and owner of the house) and in the Iṣẹṣẹ (“Yoruba”) tradition she is known Ìyáálé (Mother of the house) which implies she runs the house. The home is where one of the first tenets of sovereignty is practiced which is family development. She is responsible for how the nation is first shaped by shaping the family properly.

In the sacred Odù Ifá Osá Méjì, we learn that Ogun, Obatala and Odù were sent to the world to improve creation. Odù was confused about her role and went to Olódùmarè and said: “Ogun has the power of the machete and a sword. Obatala also has everything he needs. What remains for me, the only woman among them? What will I do. Olódùmarè said: the power of motherhood that keeps the earth in tact, belongs to you. The power of the Birds (reference to the inherit power found only in women to control certain mystic phenomenon) belongs to you. I will give you a calabash filled with these things”.

Olódùmarè  then said “Use your power with coolness and not with violence, or I will take it away from you.” Since that time, because of Odù, women have the power to always say things of power, for in the absence of women men can do nothing. Nobody, children nor old men, will dare to mock women. The power of women is great. Women give life through giving birth, and whatever men may want to do, women must help them or it will not be successful.” So they sang together, and Obatala said that every week everybody must praise women, for the world to be peaceful. Bend your knee, bend your knee for women, for women brought you into this world; women are the wisdom of Earth, women have brought us into this world; have respect for women.”

In the sacred Kpoli Fá GbeTula (Ogbe Otura) it is said that Orunmila (deity oom) set out to learn the secret of the world. Orunmila was told by his diviners to place an offering near the bush and hide behind a tree and he would discover the secret of the world.  Orunmila did so.  Shortly thereafter,  he saw an imposing woman coming down the road. This was a woman who was chief of the Aje (the bird women representing the secrets and power of women). She started to consume the food as if to know it was left there for her. After she was finished eating she called Orunmila to come out of his hiding place. Orunmila was shocked that this person knew of his presence. When approached by the imposing woman Orunmila was told that women were the secret of the world.

 She stated: The success or failure of any person rest on women; the love or hatred of any person rest on a woman; the happiness or sadness of any person rests on women; the honor or disgrace of any person rests on women and so on. He was advised by Ifá to never underestimate any woman, no matter how small or unimportant the woman may seem to be.

Join us as we honor our women. Give special extra gifts and praises to the Afrikan woman in the month of Di – and always.

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Kúlitɔ Hɔngbó at Ganlodo

Today, on Kilɔmbozangbe (“Sunday”)  month of Kúlítɔ́, 6264 AX (which happens to fall on the Gregorian  April 9, 2023) at the Maroon Monarchy of Ganlodo, we celebrate what is called Kúlitɔ Hɔngbó. This word literally means “ancestor portal” in the Fɔ̀n dialect of the Ajã  language found in southern Benin Republic West Afrika. This is based on our ancient authentic azanlilen (calendar) going back over 6000 years and used by those who live Afrikan Vodun culture. It was observed long ago that the elevated ancestors used a repeated 27-day cycle to make their presence and power available to us on a larger collective scale than on the personal ancestral veneration scale. On this day, every 27 days, special rites and rituals are done for the ancestral collective of your own blood lineage to empower those that acknowledge the love, benevolence and role these ancestors play in our lives. It is also used to do the continuous work of healing our bloodlines from the various mishaps and tragedies (self inflicted and from the outside) that still plague our families. If it plagues the family then it plagues the community. Thus, making the work of nation building and sovereignty that much harder.
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Services Provided to the General Afrikan Community by Ganlodo Maroon Monarchy

Kan Fa in the African Vodun tradition

Kan Fa in the African Vodun tradition

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Ganlodo does not only help elevate its family members- citizens proper. It should be noted that we also provide spiritual services to the general Afrikan community such as: 

General Ifa Divinations
Roots Readings/Ipilese Fa – Detailed Fa reading that speaks on your true ancestral origins, ancestral family and clan names, the names of the ancestors you descend from on both sides, the years in which they were put into captivity, family occupations and family deities, family “curses” or spiritual ailments and how to remove them and much more
 
Zoto Readings – a Fa reading specific to the Aja culture of Benin, Togo, Parts of Southern Ghana, and Badagry SW Nigeria. This reading reveals your sponsoring ancestor. Among the Aja (also called Fon people) one’s zoto is very important to know and is a major part of knowing one’s destiny. The Zoto is the ancestral guiding light of the individual. This Zoto often has left the earth without fulfilling a key mission in life. This, they will hope to achieve, through the living descendant that he/she sponsors.
Hand of Ifa – Ceremony to find out your destiny. Done from the Aja Vodun perspective. For select friends of Ganlodo.
Relationship Readings for Heterosexual Afrikan Couples
Guidance Towards ReAfrikanization for Individuals, Couples, Families and Communities
Further inquiring about any of these services can be submitted by Afrikan people at ekaabokilombo@gmail.com
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ߘߋߘߊߜߋ ߆߂߆߀ ߊߚ – A Page from an Authentic Afrikan Calendar

Authentic African calendar from those at Ganlodo who live authentic African Vodun from a Maroon perspective.

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Authentic African calendar from those at Ganlodo who live authentic African Vodun from a Maroon perspective.
Authentic African calendar from those at Ganlodo who live authentic African Vodun from a Maroon perspective.

For information on how you can support authentic Vodun through Maroon philosophy and/or how you can become a family-citizen of Ganlodo please contact us at ekaabokilombo@gmail.com. Only serious and respectful inquiries will be answered. 

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Hwetanu Sakpata alo Azandin – Sakpata and Solstice Celebrations at Gànlɔdó Maroon Monarchy

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Ku do bi hwetanu Sakpata alo Azandin!

Greetings to All for this (celebration) time of the deity Sakpata and the Solstice

As we enter a new month, we are also blessed to be able to immediately honor and praise the great Ayixosu (king of the earth) Sakpata on the second solstice, which falls on our Dedagbe 2, 6260 (December 21, 2019 Gregorian year). 
Sakpata is strictly a deity from the Aja culture (often called For people) of Southern Benin Republic associated with illnesses and healing. To clear up misinformation concerning Sakpata mavomavo, we say that Sakpata:
A) is not a Yoruba deity
B) is not the same as Babaluaiye/Sonponna of the Yoruba
C) is not primarily the deity of smallpox
D) does not cause smallpox in general
E) is not associated with end-of-the-year rituals
Sakpata is associated with the second solstice. During this time we invoke Sakpata to cleanse away various illnesses from our families and communities whether they be regular physical illnesses and/or physical illnesses that are the results of internal mental and spiritual illnesses. Sakpata, as a hùn of justice, also deals with moral illnesses. It should be noted that contrary to the primary misunderstanding by black americans in the Isese (“Ifa/Orisa”) tradition, Sakpata is not the same as the Yoruba Babaluaiye though they both share the same basic functions and characteristics. Secondly, contrary to the misunderstanding of the black american Isese “practitioners”, the ceremonies for Sakpata and Babluaiye are not associated with end of the year celebrations and definitely not in relation to the Gregorian calendar. The only people that associate Sakpata or Babaluaiye with “end of the year cleansing” are those in hwendo Máwùfenu (Afrikan culture) who still follow a European calendar and do not have a Máwùfenu calendar of their own – their year starting on the Gregorian January 1. 
Anyone wishing to gain more clarity on the above can contact the Gànlɔdó Kilombonu Xotome (Gànlɔdó Maroon monarchy) and/or want to learn more about how to become a functioning family member – citizen of Gànlɔdó are free to contact us at ekaabokilombo@gmail.com

Additionally, when one thinks of Sakapata as a deity concerned with health we think of paying attention to how we treat nature and our food. In relation to food, Ayinon (His Imperial Majesty) Axosu Agelogbagan Azasinkpontin Jisovi Agbovi’s latest book, The Kilombo Cookbook: Aja Foods and ReAfrikanization Diet, contains 160 pages of healthy Afrikan recipes from Southern Benin Republic. This is the first time anyone has produced a recipe book of food from the Aja people. Complete in full color, and unique in containing a glossary of over 300 words strictly related to food, this book is a must have in your process of ReAfrikanization.

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ߊߕߏ߫ߕߏ߫ ߊߚߐ ߓߌ ߊߤ߯ߋߜߍߟߎ ߛߊߜ߳ߊ߫ߕߊ߫ ߙߏߕߏߤߎ߫ߣ ߊߕߏ߫ߕ߫

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Our New Month Illustrated: Time Reckoning Liberation

Below is an illustration of Kilombonu (Maroonage) in action – an illustration of an authentic West Afrikan calendar using an authentic West Afrikan script brought back to us by Ayinon (H.I.M.) Axosu Agelogbagan Azasinkpotin Jisovi Agbovi, Ganlodoxosu. Bringing the original dignity back to not only Afrikan Vodun but bringing the proper order and dignity back to Afrikan culture in general. Marked on this calendar are various days we observe in Ajagbe (Aja language, most often called For language).

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Clan, Family and Lineage Celebration at the Maroon African Vodun Monarchy of Ganlodo

This weekend at the Maroon African Vodún Monarchy of Ganlodo we celebrate our clans, called akota in the Aja language, and lineage. In authentic Afrikan traditions, it is crucial to know ones ancient family and clan origins. This weekend we do rituals and ceremony to elevate and heal our clans/lineages. We are thankful to have the Roots Reading system to reconnect us back to that which we thought was lost. Call out the names of your ancient clans and any individuals of good character that were from your family and clan.

We also suggest that those who know there family and clan history, totems, symbols, kwk create family crests to commemorate their history.

Family Crest of His Imperial Majesty Axosu Agelogbagan Agbovi