One of the first questions that we get when we tell people about Akoma Day is “Why do we need a Black Love holiday?” To that we say, Why don’t we need a Black Love holiday? Our people have always participated in glorious rituals and celebrated beautiful customs. Why not now… In fact, we say we MUST do it now. We see many relationships suffering… Many of our intimate relationships are broken and unfulfilling. Many of our workplace and community relationships are superficial and empty. We see trauma, sadness and abuse in our relationships. And although we are one of the most celebratory people… we don’t see concrete improvements in our relationships for all of the celebrating.
Many people dread Valentine’s Day. It may be a reminder that you don’t have the relationship you want. It may be that you don’t want the pagan symbolism of Valentine’s Day or you feel the holiday is a waste of money? Even those that celebrate find they are often left unfulfilled when the “holiday” doesn’t live up to expectations.
We found ourselves asking, “Wouldn’t it be great for people to renew their commitments of love each year? What if we all knew what the heart symbol meant symbolically? What if we had a plan, a ritual for for connecting our spirits?”
And so we offer Akoma Day… to share the culture of love. We offer the Virtues that any and every relationship can benefit from. We offer the Principles that any and every relationship can Unify with. We offer the exercises… that when you DO them… will become a part of you, will evolve with you and will elevate your relationship with yourself, your creator, your family and your most intimate loves. How do we know? Because these are the Virtues that saved our relationship, these are the principles that unified our Soulmate spirits, these are THE exercises that elevated (still elevates) our love to unimaginable heights! We know if we can do it, YOU can do it!
Celebrate with purpose! We love you!
Nya Akoma (Take Heart)