Category: Uncategorized
-
kk
Open Letter to My PenPal: On My Son’s Wrongful Detainment, Roadtrips with Strangers, Fiction that Frees Us, and Enslaved Muslims
Open Letter to My PenPal: On My Son’s Wrongful Detainment, Roadtrips with Strangers, Fiction that Frees Us, and Enslaved Muslims
•
CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO THIS POST INSTEAD. I’m so at peace, cousin. How are you? CJ is doing wonderfully. I’m so grateful for that. Thank you for asking and for caring. After his traumatic wrongful detainment in Savannah this past December, he’s still choosing to LIVE. He’s exploring Louisiana…
-
kk
A Year of Quiet: Off Social Media and into Real Life and What’s Next
A Year of Quiet: Off Social Media and into Real Life and What’s Next
•
I’m getting off social media. For like a year. I’m so excited about it and I’m terrified, but I’m also getting beaucoup signs to just do it. Here’s a few signs (though I’ve been getting ‘em nonstop): 1: J. Cole! He’s one of my favorite rappers and he recently dropped…
-
kk
“Ain’t No Way”: Okra, Perloo, and Proof We All Cousins
“Ain’t No Way”: Okra, Perloo, and Proof We All Cousins
•
I talk to Moustaph almost every day. He’s my Wolof tutor, based in Senegal. I’m in Savannah, Georgia. Our sessions are part language lesson, part cultural exchange, and part catching up between cousins—because that’s exactly what it feels like we are. We always start with greetings, because in Senegalese culture,…
-
kk
The Season for Honoring Ancestors
The Season for Honoring Ancestors
•
I have a business phone and a personal phone. I had the personal phone the longest. Had the phone number for 14 years (I’ll get another phone so I ain’t tripping on the number), and I had the phone for about 6-7 years. A few days ago, it just stopped…