Lolu, the creator of the Akamara Tarot and its companion, the Okana oracle deck, calls these decks an "homage" to the "variety in the spiritualities that make up the African Diaspora." D'Andre says the deck speaks to his "shadow" personality, a term coined by Carl Jung to describe the repressed parts of ourselves. According to the official description, the 25-card, gilded oracle deck can be used to reestablish a path of communication to our ancestors, and "answer the tough questions with the voice of a loving but honest elder."