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Know that you are loved Know that destiny is shaped not given Know that you are whole and complete Do not ever feel like you must...
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Oct 20, 20242 min read
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Hip-Hop History by Damini Awoyiga
Rappers and poets Cut from the same slab of concrete The one with graffiti art and history on it Spitting rhymes and verses Crossing...
daminicreatives
Feb 19, 20243 min read
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Thriving Futures By Damini Awoyiga
Sang: Listen to the rivers Listen to the Oceans The breath through the trees That is the sound Of earths heart beating An Earth of greeny...
daminicreatives
Nov 9, 20232 min read
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Mirrors, Reflections and Representations By Damini Awoyiga
Our melaninated, brown skin Elevating defiantly despite the odds Despite the attempts to block and segregate spaces We thrive We survive...
daminicreatives
Nov 9, 20232 min read
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CONJURE by Damini Awoyiga
You are Black Girl Magic Conjured up from within Your heart a glow of light That wiLL never be dimmed A core of fire that will never be...
daminicreatives
Aug 9, 20222 min read
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Pearl and Fire by Damini Awoyiga
I, my ancestor's wildest dreams Pearl and fire I, daughter of strengthened soil Both tough and easy Both coarse and smooth Emi omo...
daminicreatives
Aug 9, 20221 min read
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FUTURE by Damini Awoyiga
You are Black excellence You are strength and soul You are the truth that ancestors spoke of The future of Black rising Black surviving...
daminicreatives
May 22, 20221 min read
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Rise Again by Damini Awoyiga
We have seen so much We have seen hardships and overcome Risen from pitch dark nights, Nights raging like never-ending wars That left the...
daminicreatives
Apr 24, 20223 min read
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Mayann Francis King Woman by Damini Awoyiga
Grew up in the Whitney pier Born of Cuban roots Little black girl didn't know where this world would take her Foretold future with...
daminicreatives
Jan 16, 20221 min read
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Amazing Black Atlantic Canadians By Damini Awoyiga
From their sweat and blood, we rose Delmore Buddy Daye From their agony and strife we learned David George In their thoughts and poetry,...
daminicreatives
Jan 16, 20221 min read
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Earth Day by Damini Awoyiga
Earth you have grown…so much Like a baby in its mother’s eyes… You have... thrived... You went through life, death Deconstruction a bit...
daminicreatives
Jan 16, 20221 min read
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Together We Stand by Damini Awoyiga
We are the descendants of Jamaican Maroons, Black Loyalists, Black refugees, African Immigrants from the diaspora Overflowing...
daminicreatives
Jan 16, 20222 min read
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The Third Pandemic by Damini Awoyiga
You arrived, March 2020 Reeking of fear, death, panic, and bleach You arrived with mandated Masks Covering every face Covering our...
daminicreatives
Jan 16, 20222 min read
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Coronavirus Why by Damini Awoyiga
coronavirus I ask why Why are you here ? Why are you making people fear ? Why did you come at this time of year? 2020 was supposed to be...
daminicreatives
Jan 16, 20222 min read
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Freedom by Damini Awoyiga
Our ancestors Stolen from the homeland From the coasts of West Africa From Nigeria, From Ghana, From Senegal, From Gambia, From Congo...
daminicreatives
Jan 16, 20222 min read
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Books; The Passage to Fantasy Worlds by Damini Awoyiga
books the passage to fantasy worlds the place to learn vocabulary and words the world of writing, the world of learning, The places to...
daminicreatives
Jan 16, 20222 min read
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Our Crowns by Damini Awoyiga
Our gravity-defying hair Our hair riots and rebels against the things that try to tame us that try to shame us our hair sustains us Gives...
daminicreatives
Jan 16, 20222 min read
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Descendants of Eve by Damini Awoyiga
Us descendants of Eve Are not here to please We may be beautiful But… do not be deceived we are smart turning new pages, making new pages...
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Aug 23, 20203 min read
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Girl Child by Damini Awoyiga
Girl child, Elegant and strong Born with fire flowing in her veins Born with blueprints of life on her tongue Born with eyes sparkling...
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Aug 23, 20202 min read
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