About Gànlɔdó

 

The Royal Seal of Gànlɔdó 

Thank you for taking your valuable time to get to know the Maroon/Kilɔmbonu monarchy (Xɔ́tómɛ̀) of Gànlɔdó. We are here to restore the Maroon Kilɔmbo (corrupted to "Quilombo" by the Portuguese ) spirit back to its rightful place in the African Vodún tradition and Afrikan ways of life in general. I'm that it should be stated that Gànlɔdó is a heterosexual-Afrikan/”Black” only monarchy. We do not entertain any form of dis-sexuality which also includes interracial mate choices. Dissexuality - same sex unions, pedophilia, interracial coupling, kek.

The root of our work is family development and nation building based solidly in our West African Vodún and Yorùbá Ìṣẹ̀ṣẹ traditions. Though our focus is West African Vodún and Yorùbá Ìṣẹ̀ṣẹ, we are 100% in support of the functional use of any of our living Afrikan traditions for the sake of obtaining sovereignty. 

The name Gànlɔdó comes from the Ajã phrase “ߦߋ ߘߏ ߜ߯ߊߣ ߜߊ ߖߟߊ ߘߏ ߘߏߜ߳ߏ ߕߎߕߏ ߥߋ – Ye do gan gba jla do dokpo tuto we” – those that broke the chains to restore order“. These are the ones who are rising from the ashes, like the sacred Afrikan Ibis bird, to clear out the rampant chaos, discontent, and lack of empowerment of Afrikan people.

For us, healing is mental, spiritual, physical, financial, and cultural to say the least. One may ask, why the focus on healing? When one contemplates the ingrained trauma imposed on Afrikan people for the past 570 years one will easily see the need for healing. How do we heal? It is our duty at Gànlɔdó, to utilize every aspect of our culture to heal and restore Afrikan people back to their natural state of spirit connectivity. We do this through divination, ritual, counseling, diet, economics, and overall holistic cleansing. We also believe that, to truly heal and elevate, Afrikans must know the enemy without and the enemy within. We say in Ajã language: “Nú kɛntɔ́ ɖěbǔ ɖo xomɛ ǎ ɔ́, kɛntɔ́ e ɖo kɔ́xota ɔ́ sixú ɖu ɖo jǐ tɔn ǎ.. If there is no enemy within, the enemy without cannot prevail.” Therefore, the primary focus for us is the self. To be self-fortified is to be enemy-fortified.

Our way of life is based in the Kilɔmbo Paradigm. The Kilɔmbo Paradigm is based upon the Maroon philosophy of obtaining complete sovereignty in every aspect of life essentials for Afrikan people. Our foundational focus is ReAfrikanization, Family Development, and Nation Building. Why is “maroon/kilɔmbonu” emphasized in our identity? The Maroons were originally those Afrikans who not only resisted captivity from day one, but also built their own sovereign communities away from captivity. In this, they were governed by the laws of their own original culture and praised their own ancestors and deities. The communities they built were called kilɔmbo – the Ki Bantu word for “intentional encampment aimed at sovereignty and re-establishing order”. The word Kilɔmbonu implies things related to maroonage. A Kilɔmbomuntu is one who lives the Kilombo (paradigm ) way of life.

A note on our appearance

The family - citizens of Gànlɔdó, the Gànlɔdómɛ, is expected to wear Afrikan clothing on a daily basis (accept in cases related to work uniforms, work requiring much physical effort, working out, kwk). Our diet primarily consist of Afrikan foods. Our women do not wear a lot of makeup, fake hair, fake eyelashes, tight revealing western clothing, kwk. Our young men do not walk around with their butts showing, skinny jeans, kwk. The way we present ourselves reflects our worldview.