How This Ancient African Religion Keeps Diaspora Foodways Traditions Alive
In the Ifá religion, food acts as spiritual medicine, an offering to deities, and a conduit for community bonding.
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Anneliese Wilson is the cook, griot and recipe developer behind Conjured Cravings, a food blog where memory, history, and healing meet. Her focus is on the foodways of the African Diaspora, especially her Creole heritage, and their connection to the philosophies of African and Diaspora Traditional Religions. Anneliese has previously been featured in The Vintage Woman Magazine. She completed her undergraduate studies at the University of Colorado Boulder where her research focus was cultural and medical anthropology. She currently resides in her hometown of Los Angeles.