Handshaking w/ The Enemy-gctid35788

[Komla]

This is just a question that I decided to ask amongst the members in the forum. I overstand that there are many different customs and taboos amongst the many families, clans, tribes in our Kmtyw family. I know that there are many who have to work with crakkas everyday and they(the crakkas) love to shake hands whether upon first meeting, agreements, kwk... I dont feel like that we should ever shake there hands for anything even though we may feel pressured to do so from the norms of society. There are certain spiritual implications that falls upon us everytime that we touch one of them. I would love to hear some wisdom in this situation. Is there ever a time when we should shake the hands of eureurasiaans? Are there certain ancestral guidelines that we need to go by if we did? Should we explain to them why we choose not to shake their hands, kwk...?

[Agbede]

Obi mfa fεreε nkyea ɔkwatani.

One should not shake the hand of a leper out of deference.
(Akan proverb)