PinnedLakeya (Omogun) Afolalu, Ph.D.Becoming A Woman Between Two WorldsI never got mail.·22 min read·Feb 26, 2024--1--1
PinnedLakeya (Omogun) Afolalu, Ph.D.inHuman PartsBlack, on Both SidesLiving between my Nigerian and African-American identities·14 min read·Feb 27, 2021--6--6
PinnedLakeya (Omogun) Afolalu, Ph.D.inHuman PartsBlack SkinI hate those stories, the ones where women recall how they once hated the shade of their deep dark skin·2 min read·Feb 17, 2021--18--18
Lakeya (Omogun) Afolalu, Ph.D.Masks of Denialthe sun had set long before i boarded the train for the first half of my long commute from Newark, NJ to Queens, NY exhausted fatigued2 min read·Apr 30, 2021----
Lakeya (Omogun) Afolalu, Ph.D.Running From Povertypoverty scares me it always has i remember the first time i met poverty on the corner of puritan avenue and roselawn street…2 min read·Apr 27, 2021--1--1
Lakeya (Omogun) Afolalu, Ph.D.Starting a New Life on a Blank CanvasYou’ve got a blank canvas, that’s what they keep telling me they smile when they say it some of them even laugh1 min read·Apr 24, 2021--2--2
Lakeya (Omogun) Afolalu, Ph.D.You Are Beautiful, Efeyesterday my younger cousin called me·1 min read·Apr 1, 2021----
Lakeya (Omogun) Afolalu, Ph.D.Wearing All Blackmy mother hates when i wear all black·1 min read·Apr 1, 2021--2--2
Lakeya (Omogun) Afolalu, Ph.D.inHuman PartsI Do Not Want Our Mothers’ StrengthA poem about self-sacrifice·1 min read·Mar 30, 2021--9--9