PinnedInHuman PartsbyLakeya (Omogun) Afolalu, Ph.D.·Feb 27, 2021Black, on Both SidesLiving between my Nigerian and African-American identitiesA response icon6A response icon6
PinnedInHuman PartsbyLakeya (Omogun) Afolalu, Ph.D.·Feb 17, 2021Black SkinI hate those stories, the ones where women recall how they once hated the shade of their deep dark skinA response icon16A response icon16
Lakeya (Omogun) Afolalu, Ph.D.·Apr 30, 2021Masks 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 fatigued
Lakeya (Omogun) Afolalu, Ph.D.·Apr 27, 2021Running From Povertypoverty scares me it always has i remember the first time i met poverty on the corner of puritan avenue and roselawn street…A response icon1A response icon1
Lakeya (Omogun) Afolalu, Ph.D.·Apr 24, 2021Starting 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 laughA response icon2A response icon2
Lakeya (Omogun) Afolalu, Ph.D.·Apr 20, 2021I Found My Voicei found my voiceA response icon2A response icon2
Lakeya (Omogun) Afolalu, Ph.D.·Apr 1, 2021You Are Beautiful, Efeyesterday my younger cousin called me
Lakeya (Omogun) Afolalu, Ph.D.·Apr 1, 2021Wearing All Blackmy mother hates when i wear all blackA response icon2A response icon2
InHuman PartsbyLakeya (Omogun) Afolalu, Ph.D.·Mar 30, 2021I Do Not Want Our Mothers’ StrengthA poem about self-sacrificeA response icon9A response icon9
Lakeya (Omogun) Afolalu, Ph.D.·Mar 23, 2021Which Day Yo Go Marry?Cultural expectations that uphold unhealthy relationshipsA response icon10A response icon10
