African Indigenous Midwifery Museum & Library

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The Black Midwife Museum of the Global Diaspora at Jamaa Birth Village-dedicated to preserving, honoring, and uplifting the legacy of African Indigenous & Black midwifery, through immersive exhibits, artifacts, oral histories, and ancestral traditions.

The African Indigenous Midwifery Library & Research Institute was created as a sacred space for research, reflection, an...
05/26/2026

The African Indigenous Midwifery Library & Research Institute was created as a sacred space for research, reflection, and community knowledge.

A place where you can sit with the work. Study deeply and be connected to the true stories of Indigenous, cultural and communal births-and its evolution.

The AIM LRI is open Wednesday–Saturday, 10am–4pm, with free 2-hour study sessions available by appointment on our website.

Book your visit:
https://jamaabirthvillage.org/black-midwifery-library-research-institute/

Sunni Patterson was one of the many powerful voices featured at this year’s Missouri Black Maternal Health Summit.We’re ...
05/22/2026

Sunni Patterson was one of the many powerful voices featured at this year’s Missouri Black Maternal Health Summit.

We’re grateful she was part of this year’s experience and helped contribute to the conversations, reflections, and community that made the summit so meaningful.

Still reflecting on so many moments from this year’s summit.

See y’all next year. 💜

The African Indigenous Midwifery Museum offers guided and self-guided tours bringing the stories, wisdom and documented ...
05/18/2026

The African Indigenous Midwifery Museum offers guided and self-guided tours bringing the stories, wisdom and documented cultural ways of Black midwife legacies, history and folklore to life.

AIMM is open Wednesday–Saturday, 10am–4pm right in the heart of Ferguson, MO.

Tours must be scheduled in advance via our website, with openings now available June and onwards.

Book your tour today:
https://jamaabirthvillage.org/black-midwifery-museum/

There are certain people whose presence alone adds depth to a space and Queen Afua was absolutely one of them at this ye...
05/15/2026

There are certain people whose presence alone adds depth to a space and Queen Afua was absolutely one of them at this year’s Missouri Black Maternal Health Summit.

Having the opportunity to welcome someone whose work has impacted so many people across generations felt meaningful in itself, and her contribution to this year’s experience was one of many moments we’re still reflecting on.

The conversations, connections, and memories from this year’s summit continue to stay with us in so many ways. 💜

Before Black maternal health became a well needed trending conversation, midwives like Afua Hassan were already doing th...
05/14/2026

Before Black maternal health became a well needed trending conversation, midwives like Afua Hassan were already doing the work.

Her story, legacy, and contributions to community-centered birth work are honored inside the African Indigenous Midwifery Museum at Jamaa Birth Village.

These exhibits are here to make sure the names, stories, and wisdom of Black midwives and healers are never lost.

Visit us in St. Louis for a guided or self-guided tour and experience this living history for yourself.

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Some words stay with you.This beautiful reflection from Pacia Elaine at the Missouri Black Maternal Health Summit honore...
05/12/2026

Some words stay with you.

This beautiful reflection from Pacia Elaine at the Missouri Black Maternal Health Summit honored the sacred work of midwives and doulas who continue to hold space, labor with families, and guide new life into the world with patience, care, and love.

At Jamaa, we know this work is support, it is legacy, it is calling, and it is community care in motion. 🤎

Tag a birthworker who embodies this kind of care every day.

ICYMI 🤎We wanted to throw it back to a few of our favorite moments from this year’s Missouri Black Maternal Health Summi...
05/11/2026

ICYMI 🤎

We wanted to throw it back to a few of our favorite moments from this year’s Missouri Black Maternal Health Summit.

The conversations.
The reflections.
The hugs.
The moments that reminded us why this work matters.

Thank you to everyone who showed up, poured in, shared space, and helped make this year so meaningful.

And for everyone already planning to join us next year… we can’t wait to see you. 🤎

If you were in the room tag us in your photos 📸 we want to see them.

Dear Mamas,We see you-All that you hold, create, sustain, all the love you give and how you take a little and make it go...
05/10/2026

Dear Mamas,

We see you-All that you hold, create, sustain, all the love you give and how you take a little and make it go a long way.

We know that motherhood doesn’t always feel like a celebration-it can be smiles after watching our little one grow, and tears at night wondering how we’ll keep doing it all.

Sometimes it’s having amazing support, helping you lifting the load of motherhood, and oftentimes it feels like you’re doing it all alone.

It may also be processing loss, loss of a new life or the grief of losing a mother in your own life.

We also know that motherhood carries the lineage of the Aunties, big sisters, grandmas, nanas, god mamas and step mamas that raise us and bless us with their love throughout our life.

This Mother’s Day, no matter how motherhood may feel or look right now, we want you to know we see you, we celebrate you, and will continue to uphold the collective liberation of Black motherhood, everyday and in every way.

From our heart, minds and spirits, Happy Mother’s Day from the Jamaa Family!

With Love💜

Today we honor Abdaraya Victoria Montou, a powerful fierce woman who lived her life as a Mino Warrior, Midwife, Healer &...
05/08/2026

Today we honor Abdaraya Victoria Montou, a powerful fierce woman who lived her life as a Mino Warrior, Midwife, Healer & Priestess, fighting for freedom and liberation from Dahomey all the way to Haiti, in the 1700s.

As an adult, she was forcibly taken from Dahomey (modern day Benin) to Haiti, where she was enslaved, but continued to provide care as a midwife & priestess to women who were delivering during some of the harshest times.

She became an “Aunt” like figure on the plantation to an 11-year old boy named Jean Jacques Desallines, and what happened next as she trained him as a warrior, was Freedom!

Learn more about Abdaraya Victoria Montou at the “Guardians of Life: Midwives of Africa” exhibit at the African Indigenous Midwifery Museum.

Website: blackmidwifemuseum.org

Today we honor Jamaa Birth Village Founder Priestess Okunsola M. Amadou on receiving her ✨25th Award✨, the 2026 Nancy Ha...
05/07/2026

Today we honor Jamaa Birth Village Founder Priestess Okunsola M. Amadou on receiving her ✨25th Award✨, the 2026 Nancy Hanks Memorial Award for Rising Stars presented by the American Alliance of Museums Board of Directors, for her work in founding and curating the African Indigenous Midwifery Museum and Library Research Institute.

This recognition for sacred birthwork, preserving history, and the importance of protecting stories that were almost lost is a true honor.

For years, she has dedicated her life to making sure Black midwifery herstory is not erased, minimized, or forgotten, but instead documented and honored.

Please join us in congratulating Priestess Okunsola on this incredible and herstoric honor. 🤎

Learn more about the award:
https://www.aam-us.org/2026/05/07/aam-recognizes-18-individuals-and-8-institutions-for-exemplary-work-in-the-museum-field/

Midwife Kate’s name may not be in every textbook, with her legacy being tied to the plantation of President George Washi...
05/06/2026

Midwife Kate’s name may not be in every textbook, with her legacy being tied to the plantation of President George Washington, however, her impact and life lived as a highly skilled, trained and deeply caring midwife, in very turbulent times-lives on in every generation that comes after her.

Midwife Kate represents the thousands of Black midwives who carried skill, wisdom, and care through some of the hardest conditions imaginable.

Midwife Kate’s story, where her husband advocated for her to be paid her worth, as a forcibly enslaved Black midwife in the 1700’s, after the loss of her very own child-carries more than Black diasporic midwifery history- it carries lineage, power and the spirit of resistance.

And her story deserves to be seen, felt, and remembered.

Visit Midwife Kate at the African Indigenous Midwifery Museum outdoor mural, and view her exhibit on display inside the museum.

Join us in keeping her story, voice and legacy alive! Learn more at:
https://jamaabirthvillage.org/black-midwifery-museum/

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40 N Florissant Road
Ferguson, MO
63135

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