Abibimam Nkuranhye Kurom

Until we return to the family structures that are the foundation of traditional Afrikan customs and traditions, we will continue to suffer at the hands of those whose interest is best served by keeping us away from our Divine spiritual function and purpose (our “destiny”).

 

The foundation of Afrikan Culture is established and built upon Family connections that are not just nuclear in structure, but also greatly extended in nature and function.

 

Every Akan (and Afrikan) town or village is made up of a number of families (abusuafoo) that collectively embody the clan system. The founding mother's abusua of that town or village constitutes the royal family from which a prospective chief and queen mother are groomed and appointed by the various family elders. Each clan comprises many lineages, which are blood-related individuals. Each town or village constitutes a political unit. Many towns and villages can form a Paramountcy (oman) such as in the Asante; whose heads becomes the Paramount Chief (Omanhene) and Queen Mother (Ohemaa).

 

Each town or village has a chief, a queen mother and a council of elders consisting of males and females from each abusua, which constitutes the governing body.

 

We have come to realize that the “Sankofa Process” of going back to fetch, and then live the best of our cultural heritages, (purification) is key to our future success as Afrikan people throughout the world.

 

As an officially recognized Afrikan Kingdom in the Americas, this very significant milestone for the people located in Louisiana and beyond, facilitates an important aspect of our Sankofa (Return) journey because it reconnects our brothers and sisters born in the Americas with our Afrikan Family Structure in Ghana and beyond. This crucial Family re-connection or Re-genesis will bring forth a council of elders, functional in all capacities. As a result of being directly re-connected (not just in theory, but in spirit) to the family structures and traditional governing systems of our Ancestors, our Abibimam Abusua will grow, develop and govern itself as such on the shores of the Americas.

 

We, the Abibimam Nkuranhye Kurom, are an authentic Abusua (Family) System based on the traditions of Akan and other Afrikan Family structure and traditions.