THE CREATIVE WORK OF HER MAJESTY QUEEN MOTHER DÒWÒTI DÉSIR
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A GeoSpiritual Journey

 

 

 

 

HM QUEEN MOTHER DÒWÒTI DÉSIR'S  BOOKS

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IN THE PRESS

Désir is called by God to speak truth to power, is an amazing interdisciplinary scholar and has the artistic lens that gives life to blank and invisible spaces. Wòch kase wòch reveals the third eye and brilliance of Sister Dòwòti. The essays animate Pan African epistemology and historiography that centers on the role of spirituality in the human community.  

Dr. IVA CARRUTHERS, AUTHOR AND GENERAL SECRETARY  OF

SAMUEL DeWITT PROCOTOR CONFERENCE

Redlining a Holocaust is a rigorously researched oeuvre that establishes Dòwòti Désir as one of the most important figures in contemporary African Thought. Redlining is an imaginative and monumental undertaking, a literary, visual and oratorical (the author's words speak to us) that responds to the centuries-long genocide, impugnment, and neglect of Africans (blacks) globally. 

  https://www.kaieteurnewsonline.com/2020/04/19/book-reviewcurating-the-history-of-a-people/

Dr. GLENNVILLE ASHBY

AUTHOR, JOURNALIST, SPIRITUAL MASTER

In addition to telling our story Goud kase goud is a magnificent display of over 70 photographs of our Maafa. Thus for her distinguished and appropriately documented book on our historical experience along with her distinguished photography, Désir warrants a Pulitzer Prize for Goud kase Goud. 

https://atlantablackstar.com/2014/06/24/book-review-dowoti-desirs-goud-kase-goud-conjuring-memory-spaces-afroatlantic/

Dr. PATRICK DELICES

RESEARCHER, WRITER

 

BIO

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Her Majesty Queen Mother Dòwòti Désir of the Royal Palace of Dada Daagbo Hounon Houna II Guely, is the Founder and President of, The AfroAtlantic Theologies & Treaties Institute. Born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, the Queen Mother is the Kpodjito (Reine Mate of the King). An interfaith leader and Manbo Asogwe (High Priest) in Haitian Vodou, Her Majesty is an independent scholar, human rights activist,  educator, curator, photographer, and author. She has traveled extensively documenting the historic sites, memorials, and monuments of the transatlantic slave trade in captive Africans.  From 2017-2018, she served as the designated UNESCO Desk Review Expert for the New Approaches and Interpretations to Slavery Museums and Sites International Conference.   A graduate of Barnard College, Columbia University, she received her Master of Arts degree from the Center for Curatorial Studies at Bard College and conferred her Doctorate of Ministry from The New Seminary in interfaith studies in 2020. Reference www.queenmotherd2h2.net, www.hounonhouna2.org and www.maafamemories.com, #QueenMotherDowoti.   

 

Upcoming Events

  • Book Siging and Workshop
    Charles H. Wright Museum
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    Oct 12, 2020, 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM
    Charles H. Wright Museum, 315 E Warren Ave, Detroit, MI 48201, USA
    The lecture and booksigning sheds light on the authour as a thought leader in spiritual reparations, human rights, and PanAfricanism.
  • Vodou 101 Workshop: GOD_The Geographer Of Denial
    Austin
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    Oct 07, 2020, 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM
    Austin, Austin, TX, USA
    Tied to a chapter in the book, "Redlining A Holocaust..." the lecture and workshop promotes greater understanding of an ancient African spiritual practice and its relationship to social justice movements.
  • Redlining a Holocaust Book Talk with The Queen Mother
    Zoom
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    Jun 14, 2020, 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM
    Zoom
    A limited time offer: Purchase a paper copy of the book Redlining, and have free access to Dr. Désir's Paetron classes on the monuments, memorials, activists and issues unpacked in this seminal text.
  • Presentation and Book Release
    Mayor's Office
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    May 16, 2020, 4:00 PM GMT+3 – May 17, 2020, 8:00 PM GMT+3
    Mayor's Office, Fort de France
    As part of the 20th Anniversary of the International Movement for Reparations/Mouvement International pour les Reparations [MIR], the 8-day Convoy for Reparations March around Martinique will culminate in speaking engagment for Queen Mother Dowoti, who joins other MIR members at a book release.
  • Benin to the Bay Series
    Oakland
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    Mar 04, 2020, 6:30 PM PST
    Oakland, Greenlining Insititute 360 West 14th Street Oakland, CA, USA
    The multiple event series curated by Tracy Brown, includes a welcoming reception for the Queen Mother, filmscreening of Djimon Hounsou's, 2018 documentary (1h 5m), "In Search of Voodoo: Roots to Heaven," panels discussions, and a workshop themed, "Unleash the Vodou in You."