Clotilda Descendants Association celebrates Africatown with ‘Gods of Our Ancestors’ event | Mobile County Alabama News

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) – The Clotilda Descendants Association held its fourth annual “Spirit of Our Ancestors” event on Saturday on Mobile.

The celebration features stories about the slave ship Clotilda as well as a short staged highlight titled “An Ocean in my Bones” developed by playwright and director Terrence Spivey to explain how Africatown was revived. born.

The approximately 45-minute one-act play is a sample of a full-length theatrical production that will premiere on Mobile in February 2024.