Fifteen years ago, scholar and author Dr. Imani Perry received an ancestral gift when she visited the African Village in America for the first time. A daughter of Birmingham, Ala., she was technically in a city that was already native to her. The artistry featured in African Village sprawls across a 1.5 acre property crafted by 81-year-old Joe Minter, a thought-provoking elder in Birmingham’s Titusville neighborhood. She felt a deep connection to her lineage when she wandered…