Mikyia mo (Greetings) Odwiramanfo, We posted this notification on facebook today regarding our 3rd annual OBRADWIRA - Akan New Year observance. This is four weeks prior to our HOODOO MAYN: Hoodoo Nation Festival in October. We will be giving away a free copy of one of our books to all attendees of this free event. If you support this work and this communal gathering, contribute to our AKONGUASUA DAN - Institution funding campaign. It is through AKONGUASUA DAN that we sponsor our conferences, events, lectures, free book giveaways, etc. We often have about 4-5 individuals who contribute to these events to keep them free for the Afurakani/Afuraitkaitnit (African) Oman (Nation). Our events can continue to grow and reach many more of our people when more of us commit to this kind of education.. AKONGUASUA DAN - Institution of Learning, Healing, Training, Employment and Entrepreneurship www.fundrazr.com/Akonguasua_Dan --- OBRADWIRA NANANOMSOM - Akan New Year Observance 3rd Annual - September 16, 13017 (2017) - Washington, DC Aakhuamuman Amaruka Atifi Mu, the Akwamu Nation in North America, welcomes the Afurakani/Afuraitkaitnit (African~Black) community to day one of our seven-day New Year observance -Obradwira Nananomsom. Odwirafo Kwesi Ra Nehem Ptah Akhan will preside over the ritual and speak on the nature and function of Odwira, purification, and the operationalizing of Nanasom, Afurakani/Afuraitkaitnit (African) Ancestral Religion, as born in the blood-circles of Afurakanu/Afuraitkaitnut (Africans) in the western hemisphere. The Akan term odwira is from the root dwira meaning to purify, to cleanse. The noun odwira thus means purification. As a descriptive title, Odwira is the name for the New Year observance for millions of Akan people. The term dwira is directly derived from our Ancestral language of Khanit (Nubia) and Kamit (Egypt). The term spelled in the medutu (hieroglyphs) below as twra or dwra, dwr means to be clean, to cleanse, to purify and to celebrate a ceremony of purification. The Akan celebration of the New Year as a time for purification, Odwira, is thus an unbroken tradition from ancient Khanit and Kamit to the Akanfo (Akan People) of West Afuraka/Afuraitkait (Africa) and the Akanfo of Aakhuamuman Amaruka Atifi Mu. We have honored this purificatory process for over 300 years in North America. Aakhuamuman Amaruka Atifi Mu, Aakhuamu Nation in North America, celebrates Odwira for 7 days annually. The last day of our observance is our New Year's day. This always occurs on the first full day of powbere (Atem/Atemet or autumn). We take advantage of the shift in energy which occurs during what is called the autumnal or fall equinox. This year our 7-Day observance will take place from September 16-22. September 22nd is thus our New Year’s Day and the first day of our year13018 (2018). The manner in which we approach our unique form of the Odwira celebration, which we call OBRA DWIRA NANANOMSOM - A Life Purification Ancestral Service/Celebration, reflects our Ancestral connection to the Akanfo of ancient Afuraka/Afuraitkait (Africa), yet also the unique experiences we have gained since we have been separated from the Akanfo of Afuraka/Afuraitkait (Africa). In North America, Akanfo Nanasom, Akan Ancestral Religion is called Hoodoo. Obradwira Nananomsom is thus the Hoodoo New Year observance as well. Afurakanu/Afuraitkaitnut (Africans) who are descendant of those who were taken outside of Afuraka/Afuraitkait (Africa) have received invaluable insight by engaging this part of the world, "losing" and "reclaiming" our Ancestral culture – Sankofa - and seeing our absolute enemies--the whites and their offspring--for who and what they truly are. We therefore institutionalize this insight, this experience, as part of the accumulated wisdom of our Ancestry. The values of our culture are ritually re-affirmed in a major way annually during the seven days of OBRADWIRA under the guidance and influence of the Nananom Nsamanfo, our Spiritually Cultivated Afurakani/Afuraitkaitnit (African) Ancestresses and Ancestors of our direct blood-circles and the Akradinbosom, the Abosom (Deities) Who govern the solar, lunar and planetary bodies which define the seven-day Akan week and from Whom all Akanfo derive our akradin or ‘Soul-names’. This event is open to Afurakanu/Afuraitkaitnut (Africans~Black People) Only Download the event flyer - More details to come: http://odwirafo.com/Obradwira_Nananomsom_13018.pdf Vegan Cuisine will be available for purchase after the observance We look forward to connecting with you all during the Aakhuamu New Year.. Our institution AKONGUASUA DAN - Institution of Learning, Healing, Training, Employment and Entrepreneurship sponsors our events. All of our events are free and open to Afurakanu/Afuraitkaitnut (Africans~Black People) only. We will be giving away a free book to all who attend our event as we always do. Contribute to our institution crowdfunding effort to assist us with our work for the community: AKONGUASUA DAN www.fundrazr.com/Akonguasua_Dan Yeda ase.. we thank you Odwirafo