Okomfo in a Black Church - with Salim Faraji, part 1

Our guest, Salim Faraji, tells us how he studied and practiced various Black religions before finding a home in the religious traditions of the ancient Nile Valley civilizations, the Akan people and African American Protestant churches.

Highlights:

• How the religiously diverse city of Philadelphia allowed for Salim’s religious exploration
• The spiritual and intellectual adventure that came from hearing a guest speaker in college
• When a seminary professor let Salim do Ausar Auset divinations in a class
• What happens on a trip to Ghana West Africa
• How Salim left and returned to Black church leadership

 

Mentioned in This Episode:

• Mechal Sobel, Trabelin' On: The Slave Journey to an Afro-Baptist Faith: https://amzn.to/40Mgi5q
• Ausar Auset Society in Philadelphia: https://www.ausarausetpa.com/

 

Guest Information:

Dr. Salim Faraji is Professor and Chair of Africana Studies at California State University, Dominguez Hills. He is also the founding Executive Director of the Master of Arts in International Studies Africa Program at Concordia University Irvine in Ghana, West Africa. As a theological pluralist and interfaith practitioner, he is currently an ordained minister in the African Methodist Episcopal Church and a practicing African Traditional Priest (Okomfo) who has been initiated in both the Akan traditions of Ghana, West Africa and ancient Egyptian religious practice. Professor Faraji is author of The Roots of Nubian Christianity Uncovered and numerous articles and essays.

 

You can reach Dr. Faraji at CSUDH Africana: https://www.csudh.edu/africana/faculty/salim-faraji

 

You can find Dr. Faraji’s writings here:

• Life Under the Baobab Tree: Africana Studies and Religion in a Transitional Age: https://www.fordhampress.com/9781531502973/life-under-the-baobab-tree/

• “Rediscovering the Links Between the Earthen Pyramids of West Africa and Ancient Nubia:” https://egyptianexpedition.org/articles/rediscovering-the-links-between-the-earthen-pyramids-of-west-africa-and-ancient-nubia-restoring-william-leo-hansberrys-vision-of-ancient-kush-and-sudanic-africa/

• The Roots of Nubia Christianity Uncovered: https://africaworldpressbooks.com/the-roots-of-nubian-christianity-uncovered-the-triumph-of-the-last-pharaoh-by-salim-faraji/

 

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