Prayer was not a sacred or holy thing. It was not spoken....

“ Prayer was not a sacred or holy thing. It was not spoken plainly, in Twi or English. It need not be performed on the knees or with folded palms. For Akua, prayer was a frenzied chant, a language for those desires of the heart that even the mind did not recognize were there. ”

Yaa Gyasi

From : Homegoing