OshoIseh Indigenous African Educational And Cultural Consulting Services
About OshoIseh
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OshoIseh is an organization founded on African Indigenous values, culture and spirituality. It exists to fulfil the utmost and urgent need to make available and accessible African Indigenous Knowledge and Education to complement the modern Western education today.
OshoIseh also exists to provide cultural consultation services to individuals, businesses, and organizations that seek for a comfortable bias-free workspace, with a sense of cultural competency, happy and motivated employees to prevent issues arising beyond the support that an organization's HR can provide.
OshoIseh as well work with clientele and communities of African descent in order to enable an honourable engagement with the community and to provide authentic interpretations of cultural practices for content/film productions.
The success of OshoIseh is in its return to its African Indigenous Ancestral roots and cultural modalities, emulating the values and principles that build high-quality human beings and societies where harmony, balance, wellness, wholeness, and safety are experienced.
About Personnel
I am Dr. Osholene Oshobugie Upiomoh, a wife and mother with a productive Meritah (African) family rooted in my Meritah Indigenous culture, spirituality, and worldview. I am an entrepreneur, and public speaker with a wish to help people achieve their personal and professional development goals, spiritual growth, and self actualization. Very significant to my becoming and career as a researcher and educator is my life as an initiate of Meritah’s (Africa’s) traditional Ancestral education and Wisdom school of the Dogomba (Dogon) bloodline, where I learn at the feet of traditional Meritah Indigenous elders, a network of priesthood, and kingship in Western Meritah (Africa). As an author, I write stories that honour Meritah’s Ancestral lineage, culture, tradition, and spirituality. I am also a Meritah (African) Wisdom Indigenous Educator, Heritage Cultural Consultant, Storyteller for Children and Families, the Founder and Executive Director of Meritah Wisdom Education Center for Children and Families, Meritah Indigenous Homeschool Program Coordinator, the CEO of OshoIseh Indigenous African Educational and Cultural Consulting Services, the host of the Repiyah Heritage TV Show, and recipient of many prestigious awards. As a cultural educator, through the lens of African Indigenous Education, I help my learners answer the questions of identity (who am I?), goal, and purpose. I am currently pursuing a Ph.D. degree in Social Justice Education at OISE, University of Toronto, where I also gained my Master of Arts degree in Educational Leadership & Policy, with some published academic work. I lecture and present at schools and is invited as the Mistress of Ceremonies to host conferences and moderate events, along with breathtaking oral traditional storytelling performances, all from the perspective of the richness of Meritah (African) Indigenous culture, spiritual worldview, traditions, and stories. As a Cultural Consultant, I possess extensive knowledge of the Meritah culture and how services can best be delivered to meet the needs of the community of the people of Meritah (African) descent in ways that transcends the limits of racism or anti-Black racism. ***“Meritah” is the Indigenous name with which our Ancestors referred to the beloved Land called Africa today***
Services Offered
OshoIseh offers the following services in both schools and business settings:
Secondary Schools/Colleges/Universities
Offered all year round per school term, session, weekly workshops, or seminars. Available for conference presentations and key notes.
Gaps/Needs Fulfilled
Training, Lectures, Presentations, & Workshops in African Indigenous Knowledge and Education
Program/Curriculum Development of African Indigenous Educational Content in School Settings
Community Engagement with People of African Descent from an African Indigenous Perspective
Organizational Needs Assessment Evaluation/Research From an African Indigenous Perspective
OshoIseh's Mission Statement
OshoIseh’s mission is to enable individuals, schools and organizations access and harness African Indigenous Knowledge and Education for the wellness of all peoples, especially people of Meritah (African) descent, their communities, and of all beings concerned.
OshoIseh's Goal
Using the tool of African Indigenous knowledge and Education, OshoIseh's goal focuses on helping people of African descent, and all people willing, to successfully adapt to and navigate the modern world from their Ancestral Indigenous location and cultural modalities.