Sufia Giza

Experience

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  SANKOFA Times Media

  Jan 1996 - Jul 2005

  TV Producer/Filmmaker

  Produced a Bi-Lingual (English/Spanish) TV Talk Show in South Central Los Angeles dealing with Wholistic Health and Afrikan Cultural Affirmation to show that "Healing is Within Our Reach". Interviewed leading Afrikan Centered Scholars; Wholistic Health Practitioners; Artists and Community Activists, to name a few of the talented and interesting guests we hosted on the show.Produced three documentaries, The SANKOFA Study: Ethnobotanical Research Project on Medicinal Herbs of Tobago (2002); Toledo District Eco-Park: An Eco-Cultural Tour of Southern Belize (2005) and REGGAE MILITIS: The BIZness of Reggae Music (2010). Show less

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  HOTEP Productions

  May 2003 - now

  Roots Poetess

  Sufia Giza Amenwahsu is of Gullah-Geechee Descent and her ROOTS run deep into the South Carolina Low Country. She's an Ancestrally Inspired Artist who over theyears has educated the masses through television, film and music, using poetry, reggae & film to connect with people from across all cultures. Her latest Sacred Music cd, SANKOFA Times, is a healing musical vibration, that resonates with the Chakras and facilitates healing, meditation & higher levels of consciousness.1 Luv!Sufia Show less

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  HeTePu Productions

  Jan 2008 - now

  Media Literacy Specialist/Filmmaker

  Sufia and her husband, Baba Seitu Amenwahsu run HeTePu Productions, a Non-Profit Arts & Cultural Education Organization that uses art as a teaching tool and provides Media Literacy Education to Columbia, SC area Students & Young Adults through their Oscar Micheaux Promising Young Filmmakers Program.From 2009 to 2013 they produced a small Indie Pan-Afrikan Film Festival, called REEL Black Pix: Global Afrikan Film Series, which was held during Black History Month in Columbia, South Carolina. It was a weekend Cultural & Arts Festival packed with Fun & Entertainment for the entire family that facilitated Cultrual Diversity. HeTePu Productions continues to provide Media Literacy Workshops, Consultations on various Health & Wellness Topics and produces Events that encourage authentic Inter-Generational & Inter-Cultural Dialogue, in order to build bridges that cross artificial boundaries and move us to expand our horizons. Show less

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  Tranquility Oasis

  Sept 2013 - now

  Yogini

  At an early age, Sufia was chosen by her advisor Geats, who instructed her in the practice of Yoga & Meditation from the age of 17. At 22 she took her first formal Yoga Class at the University of California, Riverside and began a steady practice. In 1998, Sufia interviewed renown Yoga Instructor, Krishna Kaur. Krishna and Sufia, along with other LA area Yoga Teachers, Founded the International Association of Black Yoga Teachers (IABYT) and offered a Summer of Enlightenment Yoga Series at her place of employment. Sufia is a 2013 Graduate of the Sakhi Yoga Teacher's Certification Program. Most recently, in July 2016, Sufia traveled to Kemet/Egypt with Kemetic Yoga Master, Yirser Ra Hotep, where she was instructed in the principles & practices of Ancient Kemetic Postures that appear on the Pyramid walls. Show less

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  HeTePu Publications

  Feb 2015 - now

  Author

  In November 2018 Sufia Giza published a History book, Moundbuilders of Ancient America: A Legacy Reclaimed about her Amer-Indian Gullah-Geechee Heritage, which traces her family's ancestry back 8 generations. She combined 30 years of research, a lifetime of intuition and the latest DNA Technology to tell this untold story that intersects both Pre-Columbian and Colonial history of this land. She now specializes in genealogy and helping people find their Black Indigenous Roots.

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  Globally

  Jan 2024 - now

  Peacemaker

  Offers Yoga As PEACE Process. Performs LIVE Spoken Word Poetry & Poetry-Art Workshops. Historian & Genealogist.