Sobonfu Somé: What Is Your Gift to the World?

The women of the Dagara tribe of West Africa believe we are here because each of us brings particular goodies to give to the world. Figure out what your gift is and invite it out of you.

 
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Sobonfu Somé is an author, teacher, and leading authority on African women’s spirituality in the West who has traveled extensively throughout Europe and North America conducting workshops. Her books are "The Spirit of Intimacy," "Welcoming Spirit Home," and "Falling Out of Grace: Meditations on Loss, Healing, and Wisdom." Somé is the founder of Ancestors Wisdom Spring, an organization dedicated to the preservation and dissemination of indigenous wisdom. She is also involved in an ongoing project to provide water to the Dagara villages of West Africa.

 

 

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