Healing Through Storytelling
Not all Christmases hold happy memories. Mildred J Mills recounts childhood holidays tainted with fear of which she learns to overcome.
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Kinsman Quarterly
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Work Braids
by Jana Ross She hauls long black braids over her shoulder with the swing of her neck like a crane raises its beak from rushing water....
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Kinsman Quarterly
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Blame the Gods
In "Blame the Gods," The poet Jonathan Chibuike Ukah challenges the heavens and lays bare the disappointments and despair of man.
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Black Snow
Blessing Odunyemi, Nigerian-British poet, fashions a picture of Western developments imposed upon postcolonial societies.
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Kinsman Quarterly
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Tether
by Nicole Negrón Loiza stood silently in the glow of the Dollar Tree on Main Street. The store, like every other at this time, was...
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Kinsman Quarterly
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Pilgrim's Rest
Carmen Brady-Bronston, finalist of the African Diaspora Award, illustrates the journey of two generations along one rode in time.
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Kinsman Quarterly
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From Sacred Lands to Fragile Seas
By Tiara Imani Blain Ashanti's honeymoon in Lagos becomes an opportunity to change the trajectory of her lineage when she meets Yemaya,...
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Kinsman Quarterly
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Clay People
"Clay People" exists within the award-winning poetry collection "Me and My Hair" by Jana Ross.
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The City of Ghosts is the City of My People...
The poem by Abdulrazaq Salihu of Nigeria addresses feelings of alienation within the most expected place of acceptance.
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Kinsman Quarterly
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SAFARI
By Akin Jeje First published by KongPoWriMo Originally, "safari" in Swahili, Was simply a sojourn, a journey, That could be undertaken by...
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Kinsman Quarterly
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Silent Passenger
by Nike Campbell I don’t feel the warmth of home. Not even with “Welcome to Nigeria” blaring as I descend the escalator at Murtala...
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Panic Attack
by Jon Jon Stefan As if she was guided by the tracers of a ghost she pulled herself forward and ducked under shoulders of linen, cotton,...
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Kinsman Quarterly
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Protective Style
by Jana Ross She is growing her hair like a blanket around her body Moss Woman hangs her head in a river She has spent a lifetime...
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Monique Franz
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The Griot of Hong Kong
In a city where discrimination often prevails, Kaze Ndassi Afritude unifies people from all walks of life through his music and art.
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Monique Franz
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Bridging Cultures Through Song
Eli Zaelo introduces the Afri-Chin Experience by Monique Franz At twenty-one years old, Eli Zaelo waited in line to audition for the Lion...
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Kinsman Quarterly
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Book Banning and the Fight for Our Collective Memory
by Nicole Doyley First published on nicoledoyley.com on May 22, 2022. Permission granted by author. The Akan people of Ghana give us the...
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Kinsman Quarterly
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Will AI Replace Visual Artists?
Award-winning art director, Anastasia Simone, shares her thoughts on AI within the art industry.
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Kinsman Quarterly
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Simply the Best
Kinsman Quarterly's Literature Director, Akin Jeje, pays poetic tribute to the late Queen of Rock and Roll.
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Poetry from Maitreyi Karanth
Indian-born performer, Maitreyi Karanth, crafts poetry exploring the complex human spirit as it approaches the simplicities of life.
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The Koma Karanth Foundation
During a meal outreach in Gloria Oriental Mindoro, Maitreyi Karanth came across a young mother, Marilyn, who had suffered a stroke. Her...
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