Mbiko 8/24/20 Mbiko 8/24/20

A Sunflower State of Mind

In my sunflower state of mind, there was peace, there was time and there was me.

Charlee Esi Bekoe Berbicks 8/9/20 Charlee Esi Bekoe Berbicks 8/9/20

My 27-year-long Journey

The most important search of my life…

Price Maccarthy 7/30/20 Price Maccarthy 7/30/20

Mama

Not everyone has a perfect relationship with their mother. That's fine.

The Scientist 7/29/20 The Scientist 7/29/20

Melanin Quantification

Note to self: Do not allow them to evaluate and quantify your melanin. You are wise, adequate, and pure just as God made all of us.

Nkem Ugo 7/22/20 Nkem Ugo 7/22/20

As You Grace Us With Another Trip Around The Sun

A love letter, with my whole, beating heart…

Nnenna C. 7/21/20 Nnenna C. 7/21/20

He Is In The Wind

Written in my time with God in the morning, I hope it blesses someone.

Jenna 7/18/20 Jenna 7/18/20

Trying To Be Like My Mum

Living in my mum’s shadow…

Ifunanya Nweke 7/14/20 Ifunanya Nweke 7/14/20

The Cost of Having

Allowing the wrong person into the inner chambers of your heart is dangerous. Probably the most dangerous thing one can ever do.

Nelisha 7/6/20 Nelisha 7/6/20

Who Are You?

Embrace yourself, embrace your identity, and most importantly do it as a gift to yourself and not for others…

Sashanique 6/29/20 Sashanique 6/29/20

Lost and Found

“You can't be hesitant about who you are.” - Viola Davis

Ivy Akinyi 6/26/20 Ivy Akinyi 6/26/20

Bus Ride Home

What is your presumption? When you gaze at my ebony cheeks, and twist your nose in disgust?

Nkem Ugo 6/22/20 Nkem Ugo 6/22/20

Sharp Pain

The short story of a woman remembering herself by re-identifying with her body

Nnemoma C. 6/15/20 Nnemoma C. 6/15/20

Little Girl

Who created these labels that you have been so keen to hide behind for 28 years? It is time to reject them.

"I need to see my own beauty and to continue to be reminded that I am enough, that I am worthy of love without effort, that I am beautiful, that the texture of my hair and that the shape of my curves, the size of my lips, the color of my skin, and the feelings that I have are all worthy and okay."

— Tracee Ellis Ross