Location:  Online only

Zoom Link: https://ucl.zoom.us/j/99342982623

About the speaker :

Akua is a public speaker and advocate of individual therapeutic uses of psychedelics. She advises parents dealing with the effects of grooming and gang activity, as well as assisting them with intentions and integration whilst healing themselves first and working with psychedelic medicines. Akua has worked with people coming out of high-demand organisations & religions, prison and coercive control situations.

Akua's journey with psychedelics started after she found that her teenage son had been groomed into a County lines drug dealing while at school. The shame and guilt brought on depression, high blood pressure and a cancer scare. Although the police, and youth services were 'doing their best', Akua realised that institutional outdated practices were not working. She had to find a different way. Akua learned about psychedelic medicines, alternative healing modalities and African spirituality. By putting these together, she was able to treat her depression and eventually get her son out of the drug dealing ring.

Akua works full-time as a designer and importer of natural and artisanal products from Ghana. She is also the founder of African Spiritual Practices events. She is the founder of Hub and Culture Cooperative Popup shop which makes a monthly appearance at 327 Kentish Town Road.