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Lakeya (Omogun) Afolalu, Ph.D.

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Becoming A Woman Between Two Worlds

I never got mail.

Feb 26

Becoming A Woman Between Two Worlds

Feb 26

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Black, on Both Sides

Living between my Nigerian and African-American identities

Feb 27, 2021

Black, on Both Sides

Feb 27, 2021

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Black Skin

I hate those stories, the ones where women recall how they once hated the shade of their deep dark skin

Feb 17, 2021

Black Skin

Feb 17, 2021

Masks of Denial

the sun had set long before i boarded the train for the first half of my long commute from Newark, NJ to Queens, NY exhausted fatigued

Apr 30, 2021

Masks of Denial

Apr 30, 2021

Running From Poverty

poverty scares me it always has i remember the first time i met poverty on the corner of puritan avenue and roselawn street…

Apr 27, 2021

Running From Poverty

Apr 27, 2021

Starting a New Life on a Blank Canvas

You’ve got a blank canvas, that’s what they keep telling me they smile when they say it some of them even laugh

Apr 24, 2021

Starting a New Life on a Blank Canvas

Apr 24, 2021

I Found My Voice

i found my voice

Apr 20, 2021

I Found My Voice

Apr 20, 2021

You Are Beautiful, Efe

yesterday my younger cousin called me

Apr 1, 2021

You Are Beautiful, Efe

Apr 1, 2021

Wearing All Black

my mother hates when i wear all black

Apr 1, 2021

Wearing All Black

Apr 1, 2021

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I Do Not Want Our Mothers’ Strength

A poem about self-sacrifice

Mar 30, 2021

I Do Not Want Our Mothers’ Strength

Mar 30, 2021

Lakeya (Omogun) Afolalu, Ph.D.

Lakeya (Omogun) Afolalu, Ph.D.

Professor of Language, Literacy & Culture | Writer | Speaker | Twitter @LakeyaAfolalu

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