Category: Podcast
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Postpartum Traditions Podcast 395
Brought to you by Evidence-Based Birth (EBB); Dr. Rebecca Dekker talks with renowned midwife, cultural historian, and author Shafia Monroe about the traditions documented in her new book Mothering the Mother: African-American Postpartum Traditions, Recipes, and Healing. Mama Shafia shares how historically rooted postpartum practices—from the 42-day “lying-in” period to nourishing soups, herbal teas, and hands-on…
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Shafia Monroe on Traditional Black Midwifery, Spirituality, and Community Advocacy
Evidence-Based Birth Podcast Join us and go on a storytelling journey with Mama Shafia Monroe about spirituality and traditional midwives. Watch on YouTube above or watch this podcast on the Evidence Based Birth website at EBB 152 Shafia Monroe on Traditional Black Midwifery, Spirituality, and Community Advocacy.
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Black Maternal Health and the Black Midwifery Tradition
Episode 2 of On The Square Podcast On The Square, Sapelo Square Arts and Culture editor Ambata Kazi-Nance speaks with a renowned midwife, birth work historian, and doula educator Shafia Monroe. Shafia is the founder of the International Center for Traditional Childbearing, the leading birth work training institute in the United States for Black midwives and doulas,…
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Podcast
The American Midwife Series In this episode Ms. Shafia shares her journey to becoming a midwife and creating ICTC. We begin by exploring her introduction to birth at 16 years old, then move into the inception story of The Traditional Childbearing group located in Roxbury, Massachusetts, which she started with Majeeda Amadadeen (Workneh), eventually journeying…
