I am teaching two African-American literature course this summer, and I try to supplement the focused works with additional information on the featured writers. While prepping for this week, I happened on a fantastic list curated by the Schomburg Center in New York. This extensive...
"Won't She Do IT?" by Risikat Okedeyi Hello Lovelies! I missed sharing my musings with you mid-June. Glad to be back talking about what’s happening out in these inna-galactic skreets. So-urrr-um you are well aware by now that when it’s a Full Moon that means it...
Terésa Dowell-Vest is the founder of Diva Blue Productions and Publications and is a Professor of Film and TV Production at Prairie View A and M University and Houston Community College. In 2015, Terésa was a Visiting Professor for the Carter G. Woodson Institute for African American and...
I am super excited to be part of the next edition of Tastemaker Africa's virtual conference, The Thread. It is amazing to think that just a few short months ago I was part of the DC kick-off of what was meant to be a traveling...
It started with a message from Kate Taylor Davis the executive director of Pyramid Atlantic, a non-profits arts organization dedicated to the printmaking arts. She asked me how PA could get involved. I am a new board member, and Kate is familiar with my all...
"Say Her Name" by Risikat Okedeyi Let’s talk about eclipses, shall we? These are a series of celestial events where the Moon/ Yemonja (nurturing) likes to play hide-&-seek. She has a full belly, but squats down low behind the Earth/Ile (home) [full moon lunar eclipse] where...
With the world literally at a standstill, now more than ever it’s important to check in with our friends and community. How are you coping in these unprecedented times? Need a little pick me up? A real-talk session? We got you!Join Risikat “Kat” Okedeyi and...
Presented by Tastemakers Africa, The Thread | Conversations Beyond The Return is a traveling series of conversations unpacking the potential for Pan-Africanism in a post-"Year of Return" moment for the culture. Since its inception as an in-person event in Washington, DC The Thread has gone...
With the world literally at a standstill, now more than ever it’s important to check in with our friends and community. How are you coping in these unprecedented times? Need a little pick me up? A real-talk session? We got you! Join Risikat “Kat” Okedeyi and...
"Minding + Tending" by Risikat Okedeyi Just as the closest planet to the Sun is Mercury which rules communication and early learning, the first Orisha to receive our energy in veneration is Ellegba because he carries our prayers to heaven and opens the roads for us to move...
With the world literally at a standstill, now more than ever it's important to check in with our friends and community. How are you coping in these unprecedented times? Need a little pick me up? A real-talk session? We got you. Join Risikat "Kat" Okedeyi...
"Welcome to the Neighborhood" by Risikat Okedeyi FIRST - Let me just say I felt ALL THE LOVE from my social media fam in addition to my real-life family and friends as May the 4th (force) is always with me, lol. In addition to this day...