28 Feb Dr. Kokahvah “Mama Koko” Zaditu-Selassie to Deliver 2024 Keynote
The ADRSA is excited to announce Dr. Kokahvah “Mama Koko” Zaditu-Selassie as the keynote speaker for our 2024 conference entitled “The Power of Place: Home, ‘Foreign,” and Belonging in Africana Religions to be held at The City College of New York on April 19, 2024. Mama Koko has been a longtime member of the ADRSA and has previously served as a panelist and opening plenary speaker. We are honored to have her deliver this year’s keynote entitled “I Got a Home in Dat Rock: Belief, Belonging, and Sacred Moorings in the African World.”
Mama Koko is an initiated priestess of Obatala in the Lukumi Yoruba tradition and a descendant of a matrilineal group of Hoodoo believers from New Orleans, Louisiana. She is A retired Professor of English at Coppin State University, a traveler, jewelry crafter, and author of three books: the award-winning book of literary criticism, African Spiritual Traditions in the Novels of Toni Morrison, The Second Line, a novel, and the travelogue Caravan: The Amazing Adventures of a Negro Girl From Compton (forthcoming). A sought-after speaker and adept keeper of Mother wit and wisdom, she appeared in the documentary “In Our Mothers’ Gardens” and she has been featured in media outlets including Essence Magazine.
Check out Mama Koko’s latest interview to get a taste of her energy and make plans to join us in New York! Proposals are being accepted through March 8.
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