About asabagna
I go by the name of Asabagna Alatentou, "Asa" for short. I took this name as my African/Spiritual name when I went on a pilgrimage to West Africa in 1997. I visited Senegal, The Gambia and Ghana. "Asabagna" means "hunter" and I received that name during a naming ceremony when I visited a village in northern Ghana. "Alatentou" is Mandingo for "God is gracious" and I received that name from a village Griot in Senegal. I was born in England and my parents are of Jamaican heritage. I spent most of my formative years in Jamaica, but grew up primarily in Toronto Canada. I currently live in Ottawa, the national capital of Canada. I am professionally employed, married, 2 wonderful kids and regularly attend a Pentecostal church. I am a born-again Christian. I do not consider myself conservative or liberal, right-wing or left-wing, centrist etc., or any of the multiple categories that society likes to confine and define people by. However, I do have strong views, beliefs and opinions but I also consider myself open to listening and contemplating other viewpoints. I am a firm believer that "if you don't believe in something, you will fall for anything".
The photos say it all. How sad that we are going backwards as a people.
We are certainly “going backwards as a people” as we go into the future!
Reblogged this on Espiritu en Fuego/A Fiery Spirit and commented:
Sad.
We we’re conditioned to not love and respect each other over as men, we have been conditioned to disrespect our women and they us. There are those of us who epitomize white women when her bounty is no different than the black woman’s. Somehow we must recondition ourselves to see one another as part of a human family that God has created. Until then we will continue with the negative baggage that plagues us.