PinnedLakeya (Omogun) Afolalu, Ph.D.Becoming A Woman Between Two WorldsI never got mail.Feb 261Feb 261
PinnedLakeya (Omogun) Afolalu, Ph.D.inHuman PartsBlack, on Both SidesLiving between my Nigerian and African-American identitiesFeb 27, 20216Feb 27, 20216
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 skinFeb 17, 202117Feb 17, 202117
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 fatiguedApr 30, 2021Apr 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…Apr 27, 20211Apr 27, 20211
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 laughApr 24, 20212Apr 24, 20212
Lakeya (Omogun) Afolalu, Ph.D.You Are Beautiful, Efeyesterday my younger cousin called meApr 1, 2021Apr 1, 2021
Lakeya (Omogun) Afolalu, Ph.D.Wearing All Blackmy mother hates when i wear all blackApr 1, 20212Apr 1, 20212
Lakeya (Omogun) Afolalu, Ph.D.inHuman PartsI Do Not Want Our Mothers’ StrengthA poem about self-sacrificeMar 30, 20219Mar 30, 20219
