Wednesday, July 29, 2015

New Orleans Maafa Commemoration July 4, 2015



Carol Bebelle, Co-founder, Director, Aché Cultural Center, seated with Elder



Freddi W. Evans, author, Congo Square

Sakura Kone with poet, Oracle
Healing Energies from the planet
Shkt. Hrimgalah, Ausar Auset Society, SW Region
Maafa Commemoration at Armstrong Park, July 4, 2015

Fr. Maurice Nutt, Xavier University
(Baba Luther Gray)
Chief Warhorse, Choctaw Nation
Chief Clarence Delcour, Creole Osceolas with Serenity Peace Pigeon
Maafa  Commemoration@ Armstrong Park
Father holds child so she can see the Serenity Peace Pigeon
Chief Clarence Delcour, Creole Osceolas with Serenity Peace Pigeon
Big Queen Cherise Harrison Nelson with Carol Bebelle and Elder


Maafa Commemoration at Armstrong Park, July 4, 2015
President Obama's Washington Fellows for Young African Leadership
Mama Millie Charles, MSW (far left) (91)
Ms. Charles started the MSW program at Southern Univ. New Orleans
President Obama's Washington Fellow Honors the Ancestors at Armstrong Park, as she does in Lagos
Nubian Messengers Collective, Brooklyn, NY
Zion Trinity pours libations
Children as closest to the Ancestors

Carol Bebelle (R), Co-founder, Director, Aché Cultural Center with friend from
Selma who founded the African Diaspora Museum
Maafa Commemoration @ Congo Square
Carol Bebelle, Co-founder Director, Aché Cultural Arts Center
Carol Bebelle with friend from Selma
Child watches Serenity Birds fly off at Maafa Commemoration in Congo Square
Sister Kiss: Carol Bebelle and Rev. Denise Graves
Zion Trinity
Quess (poet) shares a story
Rev. Denise Graves offers a prayer at the Maafa Commemoration
@ Armstrong Park
Sister from Selma celebrates the Ancestors
Wood (Aché) speaks to a sister at Maafa Commemoration @ Armstrong Park
Carol Bebelle with museum curator from Selma
Sister from Selma shares a few words
Quess
Buddhist Prayer
Somersaults for the Ancestors






























President Obama Fellow from South Africa