MAAFA Commemoration San Francisco Bay Area

MAAFA Commemoration San Francisco Bay Area Maafa is a Kiswahili term for disaster, calamity or terrible occurrence aka the Black Holocaust.

Maafa is a Kiswahili term for disaster, calamity or terrible occurrence. This term has been used to describe the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade/Middle Passage. people of African Descent are invited in an attempt to honor our ancestors who have suffered through the middle passage AND the lives that continue to be compromised due to racism and oppression. The annual Maafa Ritual is an honoring of our pa

st AND also a prayer for our future. All people of AFRICAN DESCENT are asked to come and share in this time of gathering and remembrance which is a critical step in our personal and collective healing process.

https://youtu.be/mBfDXhph4BEMAAFA Commemoration 2019 Honors 400 Years of African American History, 1619-2019
08/27/2025

https://youtu.be/mBfDXhph4BE
MAAFA Commemoration 2019 Honors 400 Years of African American History, 1619-2019

In honor of the 1916-2019, 400 Years of African presence in this United States we ring bells 4 minutes, 1 minute for each century we've been here. A few of t...

See you there next week! If you can give someone a ride, let me know.
10/05/2024

See you there next week! If you can give someone a ride, let me know.

I had an awesome interview with Harriet Tubman Band who will be at Yoshi's, Thursday, October 26, 2023:
10/19/2023

I had an awesome interview with Harriet Tubman Band who will be at Yoshi's, Thursday, October 26, 2023:

Harriet Tubman (the band) featuring guitarist Brandon Ross, drummer J.T. Lewis, and bassist Melvin Gibbs will be performing at Yoshi's on Thursday, October 2...

10/10/2023

Maafa is Kiswahilli for great calamity, recurring disaster and is used to describe the Black Holocaust. This ceremony is an honoring of our past and a prayer...

Maafa 2023
10/10/2023

Maafa 2023

Maafa is Kiswahilli for great calamity, recurring disaster and is used to describe the Black Holocaust. This ceremony is an honoring of our past and a prayer...

10/07/2023

This site is for people of African descent (black people) to share concerns, success, and resources for other African people to develop personally and as a community. We are especially interested in programs targeting black youth, sustainable community models, black mental health, especially those u...

Here is a link https://maafasanfranciscobayarea.blogspot.com/to the program for Maafa Commemoration SF Bay Area, Sunday,...
10/07/2023

Here is a link https://maafasanfranciscobayarea.blogspot.com/to the program for Maafa Commemoration SF Bay Area, Sunday, October 8, 2023. Join us. We will be live streaming from 6 AM on if everything works out.

This site is for people of African descent (black people) to share concerns, success, and resources for other African people to develop personally and as a community. We are especially interested in programs targeting black youth, sustainable community models, black mental health, especially those u...

03/16/2023

Today we speak to Sister Lola Mae Hanif, MA.

Hope to see everyone in the room or on the page(s). If you want to be a part of the program, be in touch (info@wandaspic...
01/28/2023

Hope to see everyone in the room or on the page(s). If you want to be a part of the program, be in touch ([email protected]) Poets have 3-5 minutes. The featured poets: Avotcja and Dr. Ayodele have more time. It's a lot of fun. It is a word bath. . . Black Resistance. Don't leave home without it.

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