"We cannot direct the wind, but we can adjust the sails."
-Bertha Calloway
Civil rights leader, activist and Historian as well as founder of the Great Plains Black History Museum in Omaha Nebraska 1925-2017
 
Can't say it better than that. 
The talisman is hand cast from a 1960's medallion.  All of our pieces are hand made so no two are exactly alike.
 
The vintage glass beads in this necklace are mostly of European origin but are imported from West Africa.  Hand strung by us!