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Our spiritual leadership, and The Pathway of the Ancestors tour come out of a life time of commitment to sustain the legacies of our Ancestors, our duty to uphold their memory and create a solid spiritual foundation for the future of humanity's children.
Photocredits: Martial J. Davis, Messy Room Productions, and The AfroAtlantic Theologies & Treaties Institute |
Her Majesty The Kpodjito Dòwòti Désir Hounon Houna II Guely, is the Queen Mother of the Royal Palace. She is a Manbo Asogwe (High Priest) in Haitian Vodou and a Chief of the Zangbeto, and Egungun secret societies. The Founder of The AfroAtlantic Theologies & Treaties Institute travels extensively to promote human rights for African descendants globally. She is an author, and curator whose work focuses on issues of cultural and spatial production, particularly as it concerns the sacred and contemporary art forms produced by people of African descent. The Queen Mother focuses on product development, sustainable energy production, and rebuilding the primary school associated with the Royal Palace. For more information see: www.queenmotherd2h2.net.
His Majesty Dada Daagbo Hounon Houna II Guely is the leading authority of African Vodun in Benin Republic. A venerated elder, "Grandfather of Grandfathers," the Dada is enthroned as the King of the Palace of Hounon Houna II, and recognized as the King of the Seas and Ocean. His expertise as an interfaith leader, and in the health sector with a focus on the wellbeing of women and children have lead to various appointments at the national and international levels on the African continent. An oral historian, the Dada serves as an agent of reconciliation and reparatory justice in Benin.
At the International Vodun Festival in Benin, see spectacular sights like these extraordinary Sango adepts and dancers (Ouidah, 2020). Write us to register for future festival tours at the AfroAtlanticTheologies@gmail.com.
Internationally recognized public speakers, the Dada and Queen Mother spoke against sexually based violence, xenophobia, and the stigmatization of people living with HIV/AIDS in Africa in December 2019.
As the first Vodou priest to graduate from a number of interfaith programs in the USA, Her Majesty is recognized as an interfaith leader at a United Nations side event for 2019 World Prayer Day.
The Royal Umbrella features various Vodou and the insignia of HIs Majesty Dada Daagbo and the Kpodjito (Mother of the Leopard.)
At a gathering of African monarchs, religious and customary leaders, the Kpodjito Dòwòti Désir, and the Dada Daagbo Hounon Houna II, discuss the repatriation of African art with royalty from Ghana and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, June 2019.
These acclaimed musicians and singers at the Palace are among the instructors of the sacred knowledges workshops.
Earth/Terre
Air/l'Air
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Water/l'Eau
Fire/Feu
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