Afrika Ikalafe Pluriversity for Land-Based Healing, Learning and Living
Aptly called Afrika Ikalafe, which means Africa heal thyself, the organisation aims to challenge the prevailing victim mentality that obstructs people’s alignment with their authentic power. Afrika Ikalafe’s mission is go busetsa botho bathong. Translated into English, this means re-initiating humans back to humanity. This is based on the premise that colonisation and colonialism resulted in multi-generational physical, psychological, cultural, economic, and spiritual trauma. Healing is therefore an important part of remembering and learning.
Afrika Ikalafe Pluriversity’s mission is go busetsa botho bathong
[re-initiating humans back to humanity]
Our intention is to initiate humans into humanity. An initiated person is one who is connected to her ancestral lineage and knowledge. In traditional societies, people were initiated into various stages of life by elders. From naming ceremonies to burial rites, individuals were initiated into interdependent co-existence. This expansive view of life was destroyed by colonialism.
Modern society handed over the role of initiation of humans to institutions which are founded on foreign values, knowledges, and philosophies. To fulfil the duty of initiating humans into humanity, Afrika Ikalafe Pluriversity works with diverse like-hearted individuals, institutions, and communities across the world. It is our view that healing is a critical element in the process of unlearning, remembering, learning and living.
