Category / non-fiction / Short essay
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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,…
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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,…
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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…
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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…
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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.
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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…
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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…
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“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.
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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.…
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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…
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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…
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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.…
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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.…
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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…
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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,…
