1982-1983 French Overseas Fellowship Award for outstanding scholarship. Sorbonne University of Paris IV 1980-1981 Academic Honors, University of Ouagadougou , Burkina Faso , West Africa
AREAS OF EXPERTISE:
Indigenous wisdom, political
commentary, planetary healing, community, ritual and
healing, African culture
TEACHING EXPERIENCE:
1994 – present Workshop Facilitator, Lecturer, and Teacher on rituals, community, the wisdom and teachings of the Dagara tribe in the East Coast, West Coast, and Europe .
1994 – present Workshop Presenter for Naropa Institute, Kripalu Yoga Center, Esalen Institute, Omega Institute, Nine Gates Mystery School , Feather Pipe Foundation, Mosaic Multicultural Conference, and Sony Corporation.
1992 – 1993 Visiting Professor at Stanford University , Palo Alto , California
1990 – 1992 Assistant Professor in Romance Languages, Literatures, and in Comparative Literature, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor , Michigan
PUBLICATION:
Brandeis Review “Africans Abroad”, the provisional tenants. A magazine of Brandeis University Press, 1987
The Unseen Power . Meditation Summer 1991 P.48-53
In Context: Remembering our Purpose: Indigenous teaching on community, identity, and respect for the Earth may help us transcend modernity. 1992 No 34 P. 30-34
Ritual: Power, Healing and Community Swan, Raven and Company, Portland , 1993
The Spirituality of Native African Culture . Earth Light Spring 1993 Issue 10 P. 8 & 15
Shaman's Drum: Ritual and Ceremony: The Language of Spirit. No 31, Spring 1993, pp 52-55
Magical Blend: Beginnings in Ritual, July 1993 Issue 39, P. 17-23 & 81
Gays Guardian of the Gates: Seattle M.E.N. September 1993 P. 1, 6, & 8
Of Water and the Spirit , Putnam Berkeley Publishing Group, New York , May 1994
NAPRA Trade Journal: A Man of Two Worlds ABA/1994 Vol. 5 No. 3
The New Times: Discussion on the Differences between Two Worlds, July 1994 Vol. 10 No. 2 P. 1 & 5
The Sun: Holding our Power : August 1994 P. 3-11
Joyful Child Journal: Vol. 6 Issue #1, 1995
New Frontier: Magazine of Transformation . Mystics out of Africa , July/August 1994
Resources: Nouvelles Tendances, Nouvellas Valeurs. Qu'est-ce que L'Afrique peut nous apprendre, Vol. 9, No. 6, Mars 1994
Flair: Rosa Wouters Ontmoette de man die Toegang heef: tot het geestenrijk, Weekblad NR 44, 27 Oktober 1994-1995 B F
Spirit: Body Mind, An African Shaman Wisdom. November 1994-January 1995
Journal of Family Life: A quarterly for empowering families Vol. 2 # 1 Fall 1995
UTNE READER September/October '95 No. 71. Do Heal Me: Do Healers Really Heal?
Lightworks: The Magazine of Health and Peace of Mind: Teacher out of Africa , April 1995
Art & Lifestyle: The Ambassador of the Spirit . The Boston Herald, Thursday, April 6, 1995
Conscious Living: A Guide to Enlightenment. The Celebrity Interview, December 1996
Magical Blend: Of Water and the Spirit, July 1994, Issue 43
Seattle M.E.N. Men's Evolvement Network . January 1994 (P. 1, 11, 14)
The Healing Wisdom of Africa , October 1998
Essence Magazine: The Wisdom of the Some's , December 1998 , P. 124, 126, & 158
EarthLight - Magazine of Spiritual Ecology: Spring 1999, Issue 33, P. 22, 23, & 25
Traditional Studies Journal – The Spirits of our Ancestors: Rebuilding the Breakdown of our Relationship to the Past, Volume 3, Issue 3, 1999, P. 8-13
Magical Blend Millenium Awards – Issue #69, March 2000, Page 14-15
Professional Development Briefs: California Department of Education, The Colloquium: Sustaining Community Through a Sense of Purpose and a Feeling of Belonging – February 3, 2000 – Radisson Hotel, Sacramento , California (truncated)
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