20th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Travel
Sankofa, The Ancestral Return
Here I am, An American born decsendant of Ghana with the chiefs and elders of Abiriw, Akropong in Ghana at the Traditional Palace on the Akan Sacred Ancestral Day “Akwasidae” to celebrate and give thanks to the ancestors, family spirits, and the creator for returning to my ancestral home and linking my family back to their origins and spiritual traditions long severed from slavery
Photo Detail
Date Taken: | 09.2021 |
Date Uploaded: | 11.2022 |
Photo Location: | Abiriw, Akropong, Ghana |
Copyright: | © Justin Johnson |