Host's Introduction Brief · Movement 3 · Afrikan Spirituality
Introducing the Chairs
A 3-sentence introduction for each session chair, in programme order. Where a chair returns, refer to the earlier introduction.
West African Spiritual Traditions on the Continent
Felicia Dujon
St. Lucian/Barbadian Lecturer in Philosophy, University of the West Indies, Cave Hill
Felicia Dujon is a Temporary Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus. She has served as a human rights expert in various capacities within civil and governmental organisations, and has received numerous awards for her work in community development and activism — including being named an Ambassador for Peace and a nominee for the 2018 UNESCO-Madanjeet Singh Prize for the Promotion of Tolerance and Non-Violence. Her research areas span gender and political philosophy, Caribbean philosophy, African philosophy, legal philosophy, and the philosophy of science and technology.
African Spiritual Traditions in the Caribbean
Dr. John Hunte
Barbadian King Shepherd of Israel, Council of Spiritual Baptist Churches of Barbados · Lecturer in Cultural & Gender Studies, UWI Cave Hill
John Hunte, PhD, is an arts practitioner and producer, cultural activist, educator, and scholar. He lectures in Creative, Cultural, and Gender Studies at the University of the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus, and teaches in the Arts Management, Dance, and Theatre programmes at the Barbados Community College. Raised in the Anglican tradition, he entered the Spiritual Baptist Faith in 1993 and was ordained as a minister in 2003.
African Spirituality in Africa (Roundtable)
Andrea King
Barbadian Cultural Practitioner, Founder & Director of Culture & Arts for Love & Living (CALL) & Member, Barbados Task Force on Reparations
Andrea King is a Barbadian cultural practitioner, arts manager, educator, writer, and advocate for cultural development, reparatory justice, and the reclamation of African knowledge systems. She is the Founder and Director of Culture & Arts for Love & Living (CALL), producer of The Bridgetown International Arts Festival, and founder of the all-female Afrikan drumming group, Ola Ile. With more than three decades of experience across the cultural and creative industries, she has worked in arts management, cultural policy, journalism, education, fashion, and cultural entrepreneurship, including serving as Director of the now defunct Barbados Cultural Industries Development Authority.
Debating diasporic spiritual innovations to African continental traditions
Dr. Anthony Richards
Barbadian Biotechnologist, Ethnobotanist & PDRA in Indigenous Ethnobotany of the Caribbean, University of Edinburgh
Dr. Anthony Pampalele Richards is a Barbadian biotechnologist and ethnobotanist who holds a BSc in Biochemistry/Biology (First Class Honours) from the University of the West Indies, Cave Hill. He is currently a Postdoctoral Research Associate (PDRA) in Indigenous Ethnobotany of the Caribbean at the School of Geosciences, University of Edinburgh, where his research focuses on traditional plant knowledge, biocultural heritage, and the relationship between Caribbean communities and their natural environment.
Understanding African and Caribbean traditional spirituality as ways of knowing and technologies
Dr. Anthony Richards
Barbadian Biotechnologist, Ethnobotanist & PDRA in Indigenous Ethnobotany of the Caribbean, University of Edinburgh
Returning chair — please refer to the earlier introduction.
African Spirituality in the Diaspora (Roundtable)
Felicia Dujon
St. Lucian/Barbadian Lecturer in Philosophy, University of the West Indies, Cave Hill
Returning chair — please refer to the earlier introduction.
Ancestral communion and state heritage projects
Kevin Farmer
Barbadian Deputy Director, Barbados Museum and Historical Society (BMHS) · Executive Secretary, Codrington Trust
Kevin Farmer is Deputy Director of the Barbados Museum and Historical Society (BMHS), a post he has held since 2011. He holds a Master's degree in History (Heritage Studies) from the University of the West Indies, Cave Hill, and has lectured in Archaeology at UWI St. Augustine and in the MA Heritage Studies programme at UWI Cave Hill.
Freedom to practice: The state of affairs
Bishop Roger Bryan
Barbadian Bishop of Ezekiel King of Kings Spiritual Baptist Deliverance Ministries
Barbadian Roger Bryan is Bishop of Ezekiel King of Kings Spiritual Baptist Deliverance Ministries. Graduate of Barbados Bible College with a diploma in theology. Graduate of Newburgh Theological Seminary with bachelor's and master's in pastoral leadership, PhD in pastoral ministries, and founder of the Positive Principles Youth Program, delivered weekly in primary schools.
Contemporary challenges facing the practice of Traditional African and African Diasporic Spirituality and possible solutions (Roundtable)
Major Alfred Taylor
Barbadian Major, Barbados Defence Force (Reserve Officer) · Former Director of Music, BDF Band
Major Alfred Taylor is a reserve officer of the Barbados Defence Force (BDF). His work engages Afrikan and Caribbean spiritual traditions, ancestral healing, and the preservation of indigenous knowledge, with a research focus on the role of ritual and sacred practice in community resilience and cultural restoration.
Centre for Hybrid Studies · Global Freedom Festival 2026