The “Djôtô” (or Djoto) is the “sponsoring Ancestor” of a newborn child. It can also be called the reincarnation of a deceased ancestor. This belief is held primarily by the Fon people of Benin (formerly known as Dahomey) in West Afrika.
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Afrikan Spiritual Warfare: Ifa for Activists”:
https://www.youtube.com/live/pdiN6nFEkxs?si=1j7LrlZ44UOD9hVM
Sinners Juke Scene:
https://youtu.be/-h5fUA-DAdk?si=lYSiUafLHkMH8rtW
New Afrikan Vodun:
https://uniov.org/media
Who is Baba Medahochi?
https://newafrikan77.wordpress.com/2016/01/24/baba-medahochi-kofi-zannu-a-life-history-new-afrikan-spirituality-spiritualist/
https://www.instagram.com/medahochifestival?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==
Oyotunji Village:
It’s Been Poetry – Film
https://youtu.be/23PP6Pr3OOo
Oyotunji Village: The Yoruba Movement in America by Carl M. Hunt
University Press of America, 1979
What is the Djôtô?
https://www.google.com/gasearch?q=djotoewefon&source=sh/x/gs/m2/5
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Thandisizwe Chimurenga is a New Afrikan revolutionary nationalist, a longtime activist and independent grassroots journalist based in South Central Los Angeles, CA.
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