“I I want to be called a witch and here’s why” - Gerry Opoka on spirituality and holistic wellness

Added: 2026-05-23

[00:00:00]Today when a child is getting is doing [music] chogero. When they doing chogero on a child Who does the chogero?

[00:00:07]It is supposed to be an older woman.

[00:00:10]She has the hands [music] washing the child and she's speaking.

[00:00:13]Why? Because when you stop having a menstrual [music] cycle You are now entering your goddess era.

[00:00:21]You are [music] now entering the era of your full-blown witch.

[00:00:26]>> [music] >> I was tired of begging.

[00:00:29]I was tired of going to my creator as less than First of all, this dark black skin. And you know mine is really, really dark. So the sin in [music] me must be that much more and the begging has to be that much harder. I was dreaming about my brother. So I went to see a pastor. My parents are like, "Oh, you pray. You want to see a pastor." And I said, "You have to talk about it."

[00:00:51]Fire.

[00:00:52]Fire because that is we have no business with the dead. In my heart I was like Are you saying that I cannot even dream about my brother? I want to know as Jerry Geraldine Akello Opoka Sewunya I want to know who I am as an African woman who I am as an African woman [music] from Acholiland. Oh my god, I want people to call me a witch.

[00:01:19]I want people to call me Oh, why?

[00:01:22]Because I feel like First of all I am a witch though.