📍 Central Region, Ghana – Naming Ceremon

📍 Central Region, Ghana – Naming Ceremony Garden
🗓️ Day of Return: A Homecoming of Spirit and Identity
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Today, beneath the trees and sky of our ancestral land, we were honored to take part in a traditional African naming ceremony, led by His Majesty Nana Iture Kwerku and his council of elders. It was not just a ceremony—it was a sacred act of restoration, remembrance, and spiritual reclamation.

In his powerful message, His Majesty reminded us:

“You were taken, but not forgotten. Africa has always known your name. Today, we simply return it to you.”
💫 This ceremony was deeply emotional. As descendants of those stolen through enslavement, we have lived lives of fractured identity, our names erased, our origins hidden. But today, we were called by our true names. Names that root us. Names that reflect our purpose. Names that welcome us home.

We expressed our deepest gratitude to His Majesty and his council for welcoming us into this sacred space and reminding us that our spirits are no longer wandering. Through this ceremony, we are re-centered, re-connected, and reborn as Africans—not in theory, but in truth.

This moment will stay with us forever, grounding our social work practice in ancestral wisdom, cultural integrity, and a global sense of belonging.

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