Black Liberation Theologian, Rev. Queen Mother Imakhu brings an energetic blend of scholarship, cultural education, inspirational storytelling, and practical living skills to her motivational lectures and keynote addresses. Her passion for performing and teaching culture drives her calling. She celebrates honest cultural reclamation.

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Queen Mother Imakhu's fifty year professional performance and teaching career as a musician, vocalist, storyteller/folklorist, poet, dancer, writer, and visual artist, has been an homage to Black diasporic culture. As a poet, she has had the distinction of co-writing the poem, "Blood in the Water"  with good friend Abiodun Oyewole of The Last Poets. She is also a certified yoga instructor, who has specialized in teaching the African origins of yoga and holistic health across the country.

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​As a columnist, she wrote for 1st World News, PAINT Magazine, and Nubian News. She was also the first Black woman to own and operate her own 24/7 Black Consciousness Internet radio station, AKERU NuAfrakan Network. 
As an activist, Queen Mother is a member of Justice & Unity Campaign, People's Organization for Progress, United Parks As One,  NYC's WBAI-FM/Pacifica Radio Listener Station Board.

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Queen Mother Imakhu shares her family stories. Her maternal U.S. lineage traces back to the 1600s through the historic, formerly enslaved Kate Anderson/Hester Anderson Artis family of Virginia. She talks about the impact of discovering her maternal Afro-Latin/Caribe/Kreyol heritage - deliberately hidden, yet persistent through culture. Her childhood memories include seeing cross burnings in her New Jersey home town. Still, her family always instilled and demonstrated pride in their Blackness.​

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Queen Mother Imakhu's ordinations and initiations include: Healing Minister (1995); Interfaith Minister (1999);  Double Ankh Carrying Kemetic High Priestess in (2004); High Priestess in Hand-Maiden of Nubia in (2003);  Kemetic Queen Mother in (2005); Nganga in (2006);  Kemetic  Uas Staff carrying Elder in (2013); Manbo Asogwe in (2023). Queen Mother Imakhu is chief facilitator for the Newark Brick City ASCAC (Association for the Study of Classical African Civilizations) weekly study group. She is founder of SHENU Nu Afrakan Living Waters Institute, and Heb Desher Holy Water Women Red Tabernacle.

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A domestic violence survivor, Imakhu exemplifies the ability to become self-empowered through dedicated therapy. 

 

As a keynote speaker, Queen Mother Imakhu addresses topics that inspire personal and community healing. 

 

TOPICS:

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~ Now More Than Ever: Teaching Black History to Your Black Children

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~ Why Knowing Your Culture & Lineage Matters

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~ The Role of the African Storyteller

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~ Khametic (Ancient Egyptian) Culture is Black History

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~ Khametic Literature is Liberation Theology

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~ The Khametic (Ancient Egyptian) Origins of Yoga

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~ African Origins of the Queen Mother 

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~ The Painful, Necessary Process of Reclaiming African Culture

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~ The African/Caribbean Cultural Connection

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~ Feed Family First: Healing the Black Family & Community

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~ Healing the Consciousness Movement

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~ Drums of Compassion: The Drum as a Universal Healer

 

~ Your Limitless Potential

 

~ Not Broken: Healing from Break Ups, Let Downs, and Downfalls 

 

~ Why Character Counts

 

~ Own Your Throne! Teaching Girls & Women to Reclaim Our Dignity

 

~ Life After 60: It DOES Get Better

 

~ Will the Elders Please Stand Up? Why Active Mentorship is Needed for Our Youth

 

~ Recognizing Abuse Before it Hits You In the Face

 

~ Building Bridges with a Broken Hammer