New Afrikan Vodun Vol 3: A Social Discourse Towards Spiritual and Cultural Reconstitution ©2007 - 2025

From the preface:

I think I can safely assume that many will view this newest book, and last of the trilogy of the New Afrikan Vodún book series, as very much unorthodox and a bit off the mark of your average book purporting to “teach” Afrikan  spirituality. Yet, this volume is set to directly address many of  the problematic issues that are kept on the hush in our beloved, yet mishandled Afrikan spiritual systems. My experiential journey within the tradition has truly revealed some very problematic issues. Many others have problems with these issues and yet turn a blind eye towards them. Many such people are reluctant to address these things mainly due to distorted understandings concerning cultural concepts  such as protocol, eldership, priesthood, and respect. This  book will also provide those both new and “seasoned” within the tradition alternate ways, in which to look at and address issues that are anti-Afrikan which are most often promoted by so-called Afrikan priests, elders, and practitioners of all levels. 

In previous works, we have thoroughly defined nationalism from a New Afrikan and Pan Afrikan perspective. There is nothing left to define as to its nature or purpose. Yet, we cannot emphasize enough the importance of the intricateness and interwoven-ness between one’s spiritual tradition and one’s political worldview. 

This ìwé (Yoruba for “book”) is written towards developing solutions to problematic issues within Afrikan spirituality. It has been but a short time that these most ancient Afrikan traditions have been brought back to the descendants of captives in the amerikkkas. However, in such a short time we are witnessing craziness on a scale that you would think would come from a tradition that has been among us for at least 100 years. Where is the order? Where is the common sense and nationalism among our practitioners?

A word in the subtitle of this book speaks volumes. The word “reconstitution” is based in the word “constitute”. It’s root means “to set” which is an implication of practices based on the norms of a particular mode in society. The word  “reconstitute” means to “restore to a former condition”. We are trying to restore our former condition of spiritual and cultural sanity.