Queen Afua opens Sacred Woman by framing the book's entire approach: reclaiming African spiritual and wellness traditions as a path to deeper self-connection and healing for women, particularly Black women, whose ancestral healing practices have often been disrupted or devalued.

Her foundational argument:

• Modern wellness culture, often centered on Western frameworks, can leave a genuine gap for women seeking healing practices rooted in their own ancestral traditions
• Reconnecting with African spiritual and healing traditions is presented not as nostalgic tradition but as a genuinely effective, holistic approach to wellness
• The book positions itself as both a practical guide and a spiritual reclamation project, treating cultural and personal healing as intertwined

This framing sets the tone for the entire book: practical wellness guidance is consistently woven together with explicit spiritual and cultural context, distinguishing it from more secular, purely clinical wellness literature.