28th Annual MAAFA Commemoration San Francisco Bay Area

 

Livestreaming from FB.com/maafabayarea

(Masking and Distancing protocols in place. If you are sick, stay home.)

This ritual is for Black people, people of African descent who live this reality daily.

Wear white, bring instruments to play, flowers and food for the ancestors, candles for the altar, prayers, poetry, a song to share.

Visit “Monumental Reckoning” – the 350 Ancestors sculpture at Golden Gate Park (near deYoung Museum). 

The term “Maafa” is Kiswahili for “terrible occurrence” or “reoccurring disaster” and has been used to describe the European slave trade or the Middle Passage. The term “Maafa” also references the Black Holocaust historically and presently. In the San Francisco Bay Area, October is Maafa Awareness Month–it is a time to reflect on the legacy of slavery: victims and beneficiaries in the short and long term and look at ways to mend, repair and heal the damage to Pan African descendants of the enslaved and their New Afrikan societies. The toll has been tremendous: psychological, economic, social, physical, emotional and spiritual.

The Maafa ritual is an honoring of our past and a prayer for our future. All black people are invited to come and share in this time of remembrance. We ask for this one event, those who support the well-being of black people respect our desires about the commemoration ceremony and mourning ritual.

Donations are welcome: Please send to info@wandaspicks.com to PayPal.com

For information visit: maafasfbayarea.com & wandaspicks.com

Add your African Descendent ancestor(s) to the MAAFA Virtual Altar: 

https://padlet.com/maafasfbayarea/Bookmarks

Visit the 25th Anniversary Art Exhibit: 

https://www.artsteps.com/embed/5f7811bc267a720cbe7628fc/560/315

Watch Artist Talk: https://www.facebook.com/page/131523084166083/search/?q=art%20exhibit