Honoring The Mothers

"People are always speculating: why am I as I am? To understand...any person, his whole life, from birth, must be reviewed. All our experiences fused into our personalities. Everything that ever happened to us is an ingredient".

~~~ Omowale Malcolm X ~~~

I Give Honor And Praise TO

The Ancestors

All of the Ancestral Mothers who sit at the feet of the Creator, Olodumare in counsel, in whose footsteps we stand today.

Grandma Alma, Grandma Eloise, Granny, Momma

Marie LaVeau, Mama Keke, Yeye Sangobi, Yeye Sangotola. Iya Oshunfunke, Iya Osunbamike, Salem Poor, Sojourner Truth, Harriet Tubman, Madam C.J. Walker, Ida B. Wells, Bessie Smith, Ma Rainey, Mary McLeod Bethune, Billie Holiday, Zora Neale Hurston, Dinah Washington, Dorothy Dandridge, Tammy Terrell, Mahalia Jackson, Jackie "Moms" Mabley, Josephine Baker, Minnie Ripperton, Ethel Waters, Sarah Vaughn, Pearl Bailey, Marian Anderson, Carmen McRae, Wilma Rudolph, Butterfly McQueen, Barbara Jordan, Toni Cade Bambara, Ella Fitzgerald, Dorothy West, Florence Griffith Joyner, Patricia Roberts Harris, Gwendolyn Williams, Betty Shabazz, June Jordan, Phyliss Wheatley, Dr. Anna Julia Cooper, Audre Lourde , Nina Simone, Lynn Thigpen, Queen Mother Moore,  Iya Osunyemi, Isabel Sanford, Shirley Chisholm

Mo Juba! May you all find peace and rest in the land of the Ancestors! Ase!

Irunmole and Orisha

"The young cannot teach the tradition to the old"

~~ Yoruba proverb

Oshun, Odu, Iyami Osoronga, Adi, Osunmilaya, Odu, Yemoja, Oya, Oba, Yewa, Onile, Ayelala, Aje, Gbogbo female Orisa, Gbogbo female Irunmole

Much respect!

Iya mi baa mi se e (my mother has enabled me to do it)

Ase~

The Female Role Models

"In search of my mother's garden I found my own"

~~ Alice Walker ~~~

It was while searching for the garden of my own mother, who has now transitioned, that I indeed found my true self. ~~Iya Ademidemeji

All biological living mothers, right or wrong, good, bad, or indifferent

Maya Angelou, Alice Walker, Bell Hooks, Tina Turner, Tremaine Hawkins, Shirley Cesar, Cissy Houston, Dionne Warwick, Lena Horne, Dianne Carroll, Terry McMillan, Ntozake Shange, Eleanor Holmes Norton, Coretta Scott King, Cynthia McKinney, Barbara Lee, Toni Morrison, Lucille Clifton, Dolores Kendrick, Michelle Gibbs, Serena Williams, Michelle Gibbs, Marla Gibbs, Esther Rolle, Angela Davis, Afeni Shakur, Assata Shakur,  Oprah Winfrey, Anita Hill, Anita Baker, Sade, Venus Williams, Ruby Dee, Lonette McKee, Whoopie Goldberg, Vanessa Williams,  Radhia A. Jaaber, Debbie Morgan, Jewel Pookrum, Patti LaBelle, Gladys Knight, Tammie Terrell, Aretha Franklin

Living Spiritual Mothers

"I cannot forget my mother. Though not as sturdy as others, she is my bridge. When I needed to get across, she steadied herself long enough for me to run across safely " ~~Renita Weems

Spiritual Mothers Who fed our spiritual souls and got us across the bridge.

Luisah Teish, Uzuri Amini, Iya Afin Sangode, Iya Sangobabi Osadele, Iyalode Asekunle,  Yeye OlaOshun, Iya Onisegun, Iyanla Vanzant, Iya IbiYemi,  Amen Suniyatta, Akasha Gloria Hull, June Gatlin, Iyalode,  Iya Ochun  Kofade,  Iya Nkenge, Iya Aboyade

Tototo! Much respect Mamas! Iya, Yeye!

Ashe Ashe