Birth HERstory Blog
Celebrating the HERstory of Black women in BIRTH in the 21st Century
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"[The ancestral connection is] like rhythm, it's very rhythmic for me... like someone's playing the piano for me. If I'm in the birth room it's almost like I can hear music and I feel like something is leading me to certain areas. It's hard to articulate. Everybody's born with their measure of gifts and that just happens to be mine."
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Christina offers gratitude to her "mother, maternal grandmother & great grandmothers."
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Connect with Christina to learn more about the Black Sisters Birth Assistant Workshop:
Email: midwifejemine@gmail.com Website: www.midwifechristinajemine.com Facebook: Black Sisters Midwifery Services, PLLC. Instgram: @BlackSistersMidwifery |
1/30/2020
Did the dance style in title catch your attention? Take a moment and meet the GODDESS who coined that term.
Christa "Fatoumata" Sylla is the Founder and Director of Nan Nkama Pan-African Drum and Dance Ensemble. She is a DANCETHROPOLOGIST and her Afroconic™️ Booty Dance fitness class has been used to introduce individuals to many of the "sensual" movements from Africa and the Diaspora. I have great admiration for her contributions toward helping folks see and understand the dances of Black peoples in a new and enlightened way - a way to make spiritual connection to oneself. |
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Fatou expressed gratitude for Fruitful Vine Midwifery Services and the book, In the Way of Our Grandmothers.
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Connect with Fatou and learn more about the work she is doing:
Website: ChristaFatoumataSylla.com Email: Christa.Sylla@gmail.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/christafatousylla/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fatou_sylla/ Website: https://nan-nkama-jax.square.site/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NanNkama/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nannkamajax/ |
1/24/2020
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In other words, "She said what she said..." When we help Birth HERstories we are acknowledging the BLACK BIRTH RENAISSANCE that is happening around the world! When we share our stories, practices, or traditions from women of African descent in America, we help preserve Black Birth HERstory. It is our responsibility as descendants of African women who were trafficked to the U.S. to hold their stories and know their practices, so that we are able to continue their tradition of being self-reliant and self-sustaining as communities of Black women. |
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