the ancestors ask us to learn and honor the past. never be afraid of what has been, simply allow it to guide that which shall be.

made at a juneteenth event, when considering myself a future ancestor i came back to the old wisdom of sankofa; to remember that there is nothing wrong with returning back to get what you once forgot.

the ways of the ancestors have become separate for many of us, but their wisdom of the true ways is always available for us to visit with and make ours once again