Damini Awoyiga | Damini Creatives

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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

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...

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Feb 19, 20243 min read

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...

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Nov 9, 20232 min read

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...

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Nov 9, 20232 min read

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...

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Aug 9, 20222 min read

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...

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Aug 9, 20221 min read

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...

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May 22, 20221 min read

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...

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Apr 24, 20223 min read

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...

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Jan 16, 20221 min read

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,...

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Jan 16, 20221 min read

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...

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Jan 16, 20221 min read

Together We Stand by Damini Awoyiga

We are the descendants of Jamaican Maroons, Black Loyalists, Black refugees, African Immigrants from the diaspora Overflowing...

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Jan 16, 20222 min read

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...

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Jan 16, 20222 min read

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...

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Jan 16, 20222 min read

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...

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Jan 16, 20222 min read

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...

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Jan 16, 20222 min read

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...

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Jan 16, 20222 min read

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

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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