Ndi Echefuru Echefu (The Lost Ones)

Patricia C. McKissack writes about being curious of how African literature and music portrayed those who were captured in the slave trade. She goes on to express her dismay at not being able to find any reference to them in her research. Nonetheless, she knew their violent departures from their homelands had to have been grieved by…

Doctrine of Scramble Manifest

You can not define me.

Perfection

I'd like to thank Africa for this color. Grammie's seven up cake for this stomach. Grandaddy's red beans and rice for these thighs. My mama for these eyes. Chukwu for this life. Muma for those books. The Ancestors for the resolve to remember. And Ron for the strength I found after everything he took. Perfection…