The journey to returning, restoring and reclaiming the alignment of true, original, genuine and authentic midwifery. At The Herstoric Jamaa Birth Village Cultural Heritage center, we anchor in the voice, beingness and existence of the wise ones, the ancients and the voices of precolonial Midwifery-led by our Founder The Okunsola M. Amadou-Priestess, Pioneer, Midwifery Herstorian & Folklorist.🌿 She was asked this question by an elder Traditional Healer & Midwife on the last day of the journey: “Have you been through Traditional Healing training?” Okunsola responded, “Yes mah, why?” The elder then replied, “Because I can touch your blood, we are the same.” The elder then matched arms and the markings/tatoos that both Okunsola and the elder received from their training and initiations and proceeded to share herbs with her for her journey. Since 2013, Okunsola traveled around the globe, while giving birth to, sustaining and elevating Jamaa Birth Village. She has just completed her scholarship based Indigenous Midwifery ethnographic research trip alongside Mmatshilo Motsei & Black Women’s Blueprint, in preparation for the upcoming unveiling of the Black Midwife Oracle™ Exhibition at our village. Okunsola carries lineages and centuries of wisdom with her.✨ With permission from the elders, ancients and ancestors, she has brought back treasures, gifts, knowledge and wisdom to guide us all into the the divine sacred feminine womb of birth and out of the belly of patriarchy and colonialism. 💜 Stay tuned as we transform Jamaa Birth Village into a Black Midwifery Cultural Heritage Site. ✨💜🌿 #JamaaCulturalHeritageCenter #JamaaBirthVillage (fb)

The journey continues in South Africa as we prepare for the opening of the “Black Midwife Oracle™” Exhibition-featuring midwives like Ma Sisulu an Anti-Apartheid Activist and pioneer. The Midwifery Folklorist™-Okunsola M. Amadou-studied perinatal herbs, roots, rituals and ceremonies today with Indigenous midwives and Birthworkers across the globe, linking them with the lives of midwives like Ma Sisulu and others. She also learned about intentional Indigenous outdoor cooking preparation, grains, beans, legumes and proteins that Indigenous midwives would prepare for preconception and beyond. Stay tuned and count down the days with us to the official opening of The Herstoric Jamaa Birth Village Cultural & Heritage Center Juneteenth week. Photo Credit: themidwiferyfolklorist #JamaaCulturalHeritageCenter #JamaaBirthVillageh (fb)