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Nana Yao Opare Dinizulu I - Founder |
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| In 1965, Nana Yao Opare Dinizulu I,
made a journey through space and time connecting the past, present and
future. This was the year he met Nana Akua Oparebea, Okomfohene of the
Akonnedi Shrine in Larteh, Ghana. This meeting functioned as the
completion of a circuit, like an electrical circuit, that supplied the
energy or current, fueling the fires that brought us to the year 2006. In
the year of 2006, we celebrated 35 years of Akan priesthood in the
Americas.
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Nana Yao's vision was to build institutions based on our traditions, history and culture. Many of our actions, thoughts and feelings, as a people here in the Americas, came straight from our West African heritage. Often these were that things that sustained us through all adversity but often we were not consciously aware of them nor did we recognize their origin and special affinity to us. Nana Yao's vision was to create institutions that reflected our history our heritage and us. He wanted to establish a system of empowerment to give the spiritual, physical and intellectual foundation which would allow us to know who we are, why we are here and where we are going. |
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