Global Freedom Festival 2026

Chairs & Speakers

Movement 3 — Symposium on Afrikan Spirituality: all chairs and presenters, listed alphabetically by surname.

1. 1.

   Akilah Jaramogi

   Trinidadian Cultural Activist, Forester, Environmental Consultant & Social Entrepreneur · Founder, Fondes Amandes Community Reforestation Project · Co-Founder, United Maroons Indigenous Peoples

2. 2.

   Amoo Babatunde Ibrahim

   Nigerian Researcher, Educator & Environmental Safety Advocate

3. 3.

   Andrea King

   Barbadian Cultural Practitioner, Founder & Director of Culture & Arts for Love & Living (CALL) & Member, Barbados Task Force on Reparations

4. 4.

   Bishop Roger Bryan

   Barbadian Bishop of Ezekiel King of Kings Spiritual Baptist Deliverance Ministries

5. 5.

   Burton Sankeralli

   Trinidadian Philosopher, Independent Intellectual & Co-founder, Philosophical Society of Trinidad and Tobago

6. 6.

   Christina Smith

   Barbadian Filmmaker, Writer & Former Journalist

7. 7.

   Dr. Anthony Richards

   Barbadian Biotechnologist, Ethnobotanist & PDRA in Indigenous Ethnobotany of the Caribbean, University of Edinburgh

8. 8.

   Dr. Deryck Murray

   Barbadian Philosopher, Director of the Centre for Hybrid Studies & Lecturer, UWI Cave Hill

9. 9.

   Dr. Janique Baker-Dennis

   Trinidadian Coordinator of the Academic Literacies Programme, Department of Modern Languages and Linguistics, UWI St. Augustine · Iyanifa & Iyalorisha Èṣù-Elegbara

10. 10.

    Dr. John Hunte

    Barbadian King Shepherd of Israel, Council of Spiritual Baptist Churches of Barbados · Lecturer in Cultural & Gender Studies, UWI Cave Hill

11. 11.

    Dr. Matthew C. Reilly

    American Associate Professor of Anthropology & Interdisciplinary Programs, The City College of New York (CUNY)

12. 12.

    Dr. Tara Inniss

    Barbadian Lecturer in History & Coordinator, Heritage Studies, UWI Cave Hill

13. 13.

    Dr. Yanique Hume

    Jamaican Senior Lecturer & Head of Cultural Studies, UWI Cave Hill

14. 14.

    Edward Forde

    Barbadian Lucumí Practitioner (25+ Yrs) · Initiated Eshu Priest (Cuba) · Palo Mayombe Initiate (20+ Yrs, Cuba) · AMORC Initiate (28 Yrs)

15. 15.

    Felicia Dujon

    St. Lucian/Barbadian Lecturer in Philosophy, University of the West Indies, Cave Hill

16. 16.

    Ikaivla Awudi Kamberi

    Barbadian Doctor of Acupuncture & Traditional Chinese Medicine · Founder, Meridian Natural Health · Dagara, Korku, Vudoun Priest & Kontomble Diviner

17. 17.

    Ireka Jelani

    Barbadian Rastafarian Artisan, Founder of Roots & Grasses Basketry & Director of Ngozi Farm and Cultural Sanctuary

18. 18.

    Kevin Farmer

    Barbadian Deputy Director, Barbados Museum and Historical Society (BMHS) · Executive Secretary, Codrington Trust

19. 19.

    Major Alfred Taylor

    Barbadian Major, Barbados Defence Force (Reserve Officer) · Former Director of Music, BDF Band

20. 20.

    Makhosi Asiya Nyame

    Barbadian-born Sangoma Healer & Spiritual Practitioner · Makhosi Foundation / MA Temple

21. 21.

    Mechell Marshall

    Barbadian Registered Nurse, Midwife, Public Health Sister & Iyanifa (Yoruba Ifá / Òrìṣà Tradition)

22. 22.

    Nana Yaw Wi Asamoah Boadi

    Ghanaian Traditionalist Scholar, Research Associate, Institute for Indigenous Intelligence & Member, National Association of Traditionalists and Ancestral Venerators (NATAV)

23. 23.

    Oloye Agba Esusegun Olaifa

    Barbadian Priest & Chief Elder of The Orisha

24. 24.

    Omar Jammeh

    Gambian Member of Parliament, Janjanbureh Constituency · Community-Based Tourism Advocate & Youth Leader

25. 25.

    Prof. Kofi Asare Opoku

    Ghanaian Scholar of African Traditional Religion · Former Associate Professor, Institute of African Studies, University of Ghana, Legon · Retired Professor of Religious Studies, Lafayette College

26. 26.

    Rev. Dr. Hazel-Ann Gibbs De Peza

    Trinidadian Spiritual Baptist Minister, Principal of the Herman Parris Spiritual Baptist Southland School of Theology & Former Assistant Professor, University of Trinidad and Tobago

27. 27.

    Sarah Thobi Motha

    South African Co-Founder, Umpakatsi Peace Village · Human Rights Advocate, Peacebuilder & Climate Justice Champion

28. 28.

    Simon Mitambo

    Kenyan Earth Jurisprudence Practitioner · CEO, Society for Alternative Learning & Transformation (SALT) · Co-founder, The Kithino Learning Centre

29. 29.

    Siphiwe Baleka

    American Global Afrikan Reparatory Justice Strategist · Afrodescendant Theocratic Special Envoy Extraordinary & High Chancellor of Lineage & Ancestral Return, Alafia High Council

30. 30.

    Tebogo Buntu

    South African Afrikan-Centred Community Educator, Director of eBukhosini Solutions & Founder of KANDAKA – Women's Initiative

31. 31.

    Vernon Rex Archibold Taylor Jr.

    Panamanian-born Oluwo-Babalawo-Oya · Yoruba Spiritual Leader & Educator