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Hope: The Root and the Tree

The current social, political, and economic landscape can leave us with enormous despair. We have access to tragedy after tragedy through social media, television, words of mouth, from many across the globe,…

23. February 2022

non-fiction, Short essay
From heartbreak, flowers bloom

I hope to grow Roots scattered across the forest floor Leaves rising, Yielding towards the moon. To push through the earth To sieve through the grit To meet a glory My glory,…

7. December 2021

non-fiction, Personal Stories
Musings on Travel

Sometimes the world swallows us whole. Drags us through the mud in order to just be, live, survive this system which encases us. A world where even the beauty that rises from…

12. November 2021

non-fiction, Short essay
Finding God Amongst the Living

I look out at the world with questioning eyes and wonder how could all of this be? The beauty of a running river that is hypnotic as it is mysterious, the tallest…

15. June 2021

non-fiction, Short essay
The Artist as a Vessel Societies’ responsibility to Artists

There are artists whether that be painters, sculptors, poets, or songwriters who speak of creating art from a source which originates from a place that isn’t theirs alone as if something is being channelled through them. Socrates once said, “God takes away the minds of poets, and uses them as his minister.” And it is exactly that: some artists believe their art comes from a spiritual place within them, channelled by God/The Divine/The Source.

12. February 2021

Art, non-fiction
The religion of self-love

Loving myself was one of the most spiritual things I have ever done. When you are dark skinned, Black and woman love does not come to you easily. So I had to…

4. March 2019

Art, non-fiction, Visual stories
You are God: Supernatural beings having a human experience

Learning to integrate our ancestral, supernatural and spiritual lessons into living a fully impactful and love filled human experience. By Mariam Mouna “We are spiritual beings having a human experience” is a…

19. February 2019

non-fiction, Wellness
“Religion is the opium of the people”

The article critically explores the links between society and religion, and the challenges institutionalized faith places on one’s personal faith.

12. February 2019

non-fiction
I Almost Let Him Run Off with All my Stuff

By: Ada Kalu A Personal Account of a Woman Grown Weary of Explaining Patriarchy to Men I am using this week to lock off all talk of men, I am weary. In recent…

5. December 2017

non-fiction
A Love Letter to my Sistas

By: Cortnie Vee My dearest Sista, Thank you for showing me the purest meaning of unconditional love. Thank you for your constant encouragement and care. Thank you for helping me to understand…

15. August 2017

non-fiction
The Fracturing of Friendship

-an essay that examines the process of a friendship break-up There is nothing in life more continuously joyous than friendship. In your youth you are burdened with the idea that you will…

10. August 2017

non-fiction
Three Little Latchkeys

By Onicia Muller Balancing the thin line of beauty and torture is a difficult and necessary act every girl and woman must learn. My father was a restaurateur and entrepreneurial-minded, party boy.…

8. August 2017

non-fiction, Short essay
Biting My Tongue Until it Bleeds

A personal essay the dangers of silencing of women as a means of preparing them for wifehood. By: Mavis Michelini “Nne, you burnt the food again. Is this how you will be…

2. August 2017

non-fiction
When Language is Lost the Love Remains

By: Adut Wol Akec My grandmother is the reason I love unconditionally. She had a way about her love that left an imprint on all her kids. I’m her kid’s child and…

18. July 2017

non-fiction, Short essay
Who Am I?

By: Mariam Guessous Who am I? If not all the lives I’ve lived. The experiences I’ve endured. The memories etched into my being. Who am I? If not all places I’ve been.…

11. July 2017

non-fiction
Freckled Face Girl with Nappy Hair

by: Janice Hylton-Thompson In December 1990, at the tender age of 12, I boarded a plane at Kingston International Airport in Jamaica of the West Indies to JFK Airport in New York.…

4. July 2017

non-fiction
How Food Kept Me Close To My Identity

By: Ronke Lawal As a British born Nigerian the fusion of cultures has always been a priority for me, as my parents instilled the importance of not losing sight of my Nigerian…

3. July 2017

non-fiction
What Traveling Taught me About Race

by: Sope Adekola Stereotypes are still prevalent There are archaic stereotypes attached to being Black that are still unashamedly thriving in parts of the world. Living in a country like the UK,…

28. June 2017

non-fiction