Description
Intergenerational and race-based experiences shape our sense of identity, culture, and capacity for life's everyday challenges. Where trauma is present, at any level of familial or cultural history, those senses and capacities are violated, and we hold these traumatic impacts in our bodies from generation to generation.
For many Black people, conventional self-care and healing practices, often based on Western perspectives, do not consider their lived experiences. This book presents an ancestrally affirming view of holistic health, rooted in creative traditions and practices found in the African diaspora. Through stories and arts-based experiences, readers are invited to connect with their bodies and their communities to address intergenerational and race-based trauma.
A call to action to build true community and work towards collective liberation.
Author: Natasha Thomas,Adenike Webb
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Published: 08/21/2026
Pages: 240
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.67lbs
Size: 9.22h x 5.79w x 0.48d
ISBN13: 9781805017684
ISBN10: 1805017683
BISAC Categories:
- Health & Fitness | Alternative Therapies
- Social Science | Cultural & Ethnic Studies | African Studies
- Art | Techniques | General
About the Author
Natasha Thomas, Ph.D., MT-BC (they/she) is a cultural worker and board-certified music therapist working across multiple clinical, educational, and community-based settings in the American Midwest. Natasha is the originator and curator of the Black Creative Healing project and a member of the steering committee for the Black Music Therapy Network. They live in Indianapolis.
Adenike Webb Ph.D., MT-BC (she/her) is a board-certified music therapist with 18+ years of experience working in clinical and community behavioral health settings. She is an Assistant Clinical Professor and Clinical Education Coordinator in the Creative Arts Therapies Department at Drexel University. She is the co-curator of the Black Creative Healing project. She lives in Pennsylvania.