“With her first full-length poetry collection, Warsan Shire introduces us to a young girl, who, in the absence of a…
Morgan Parker is American poet, novelist, and editor and the author of the poetry collections Other People’s Comfort Keeps Me…
“You learnt it was human not womanly to cry.” ― Tapiwa Mugabe Tapiwa Mugabe is the author of a poetry…
Migritude is a term coined by the ineffable Shailja Patel which denotes the migrant attitude. In her book, Migritude, Shailja…
‘But look how she dances when she thinks no one is watching.Look at the balm oozing from her bonesshe is…
‘This poem is about joy. how long it stayedhow we remember itin usalways’ – Ebony Stewart These words are the last…
“because writing is soft and a hard place, all at once.” – Yrsa Daley-Ward Instagram poetry seems to dominate the…
‘A dose of nectar’ with Upile Chisala. So begins a conversation that can only be described as a black girl…
“If we going to heal let it be glorious” – Warsan Shire The Cheeky Natives sat down with Lebo Mashile…
‘Being black, woman and alive is a metaphysical dilemma, I haven’t quite conquered yet’ -Ntozake Shange is quoted as saying….