Why is Community important for wellness? What do we need to do to bring more of it back into our lives? I have been having many great conversations with watu (people) here about their thoughts on these questions. Many can’t believe how much folks in the USA are on their own. It’s time for Sankofa! […]
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How are things? I pray you are well. It’s been amazing to me to see how different things are depending on WHERE you are. While the temperatures are soaring in some parts of the world, I’m sitting here in the southern hemisphere, at 1,400 metres (4,600ft) on the southern slopes of Mount Meru all bundled
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This post was inspired by several requests for help figuring out what to eat. If you are having problems figuring out what to eat, especially as warmer weather comes around, here is a roundup of 21 recipes from the archives here at Food For The Soulto add to your summer menus. They will help you expand
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Sankofa is all about reaching back to the past to remember and reclaim what we have left behind so we can move forward and thrive. I believe this is a vital part of our wellness journey as well as in other areas of our lives. We have forgotten the true Roots of Wellness and have
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Today I’m talking about Sankofa and what it has to do with health and healing. Living here in Tanzania I have seen many things that are what I like to call the Roots of Wellness, reminding us that what’s modern, what’s new is not necessarily better and that the ways that our people, our ancestors
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For most of the time I have been here in Tanzania I have not had an oven. Now that I have a small counter top convection oven I’ve been enjoying being able to do some vegan baking. This sugar-free vegan banana bread is an adaption of the recipe my neighbor Mama Elinuru uses. Over the
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I want to offer you an apology. For the last couple of years I’ve been inconsistent with sharing the inspiration and education that I have been offering on Food For The Soul since 2012. I’ve neglected my Black Vegan Academy Facebook group, Instagram, and the YouTube channel. I’ve tried to get back on track several
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Normally I talk about the vegan diet and making lifestyle changes. But today I’m talking about something a little different. I’ve been living here in Tanzania for a little over four years. I want to talk about my experience because many people from the African diaspora are coming here to Tanzania, to Gambia, to Ghana,
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