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For all of my Black Harry Potter fans, dive into a world that many of us have never seen before in Tomi Adeyemi’s Children of Blood and Bone. With themes of Afrofuturism, West African tradition, magic, colorism, and much more, Children of Blood and Bone was everything I needed to read and more. Adeyemi’s careful word choice from English to Yoruba and wisdom from the continent of Africa is beautifully portrayed in this heroic story of Orïsha. Adeyemi focuses on Zélie’s adventu

I wrote this short excerpt after discovering a lovely photo of my mother from the 1960s.

For Black History Month, I’ll be hosting a few series. This week, I’m showcasing family photos that my mom has collected over the years. People featured in photos are my cousins, aunts/uncles, great-aunts/uncles, mother, grandparents, etc. Most of my family (on my mother’s side) migrated from Mobile, Alabama and other neighboring cities to Detroit, MI. Some locations for photos are unknown but most are in Detroit or down south in Alabama or Georgia. I hope you all enjoy these