Mikyia mo (Greetings), Our upcoming first annual HAPI-MERIT Hiber-Nation Training, Cultural and Ritual Retreat is a new and permanent addition to our institutional work. This training which will encompass training those who will become facilitators of OBARIMA - Afurakani Manhood and OBAATAN - Afuraitkaitnit Womanhood trainings in their communities is critical. We are restoring the consciousness of manhood and womanhood from an Ancestral Religious foundation. This is the cornerstone of strong families, children and Nationism - AMANNE. See our video trailer below and our email from earlier today: -- HAPI-MERIT Hiber-Nation Retreat February 16-19, Edisto Island, SC OBARIMA AND OBAATAN: Afurakani Manhood and Afuraitkaitnit Womanhood Training, Cultural and Ritual Retreat Our annual retreat is a training retreat for those who will become facilitators of OBARIMA and OBAATAN trainings in their communities. OBARIMA - Afurakani (African) Manhood and OBAATAN - Afuraitkaitnit (African) Womanhood trainings are designed to be conducted in seven one-hour sessions for seven weeks, based upon the seven chapters of each publication. These publications and trainings are a philosophical basis for rites-of-passage for youth and adults. Our retreat is also for those who would like to study the information, inclusive of the Abosom (Deities) who govern the seven days of the week and thus the seven principal values of OBARIMA and OBAATAN as laid out in the books. This information will empower individuals to have a holistic approach to child-rearing, relationships and marriage. We are restoring the consciousness of Afurakani Manhood and Afuraitkaitnit Womanhood based upon the actual Abosom (Deities) who govern the Okra/Okraa (Soul-Head Deity) of the individual. The restoration of Afurakani Manhood and Afuraitkaitnut Womanhood, rooted in our Ancestral Religious values, is key to the restoration of ODWIRAMAN – Purified Nation – Afurakanu/Afuraitkaitnut (Africans) in the Western Hemisphere. This is a foundational element of AMANNE – Afurakani/Afuraitkaitnit (African~Black) Nationism, the purification of Nationalism, for grounded Afurakani/Afuraitkaitnit (African~Black) men and women form strong marriages, raise strong children and build strong families - the cornerstone of the Afurakani/Afuraitkaitnit (African~Black) Oman (Nation). All Afurakanu/Afuraitkaitnit (Africans) must be grounded in these principles. February is the time of Hapi and Merit the Abosom (Deities) of the Inundation (misnomered ‘Aquarius’) - a cycle for the Purified Nation to become the Hiber-Nation for hibernation and rejuvenation in preparation for the abundance that will manifest in the Fefewbere – beautiful time or ‘spring’. We will have separate training sessions for men and women as well as joint sessions. Our retreat, as is true of all of our events, is open to Afurakanu/Afuraitkaitnut (Africans~Black People) only. Vegan food, ritual, culture. Also, Gullah-Geechee cultural education tours. Learn about the various Afurakani/Afuraitkaitnit (African) nations who united to wage war against the whites and their offspring to end enslavement and establish their own nation. See our HAPI-MERIT page for all details and to register. We have limited space and the spots are about 50% taken to date. Register today: www.odwirafo.com/Hapi-Merit.html See our event notification: www.facebook.com/events/889479317873266 Odwirafo Kwesi Ra Nehem Ptah Akhan Aakhuamuman Amaruka Atifi Mu Akwamu Nation in North America Odwiraman www.odwirafo.com