Mami Wata Diaries

Joined November 2022

4 stories

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I tell stories about migration, health, red velvet cake and Black womxnhood, but not necessarily in that order. 🧜🏾‍♀️

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Gaze Don’t Faze Me Now
Black face white gaze Don’t faze me...sometimes. Melanin drip drip down to my roots. Deep roots that ground me, bind me sometimes blind me.
By Mami Wata Diaries3 years ago in Poets
I DON’T SEE COLOUR
I am recovering. I am recovering from a paralysis and inertia brought on by an overwhelm of my senses in my now smaller world due to social distancing. For several weeks, things seemed more acute and real. I noticed things I had not in the past. I noticed the chirping of birds on a background of a new silence. I noticed the smell of the Scottish gorse flower peppered across Edinburgh. I noticed the taste of tea.
By Mami Wata Diaries3 years ago in Longevity
Jisike, a Dedication to our NHS Frontline Workers
I hold space for all our frontline workers, perhaps still surprised to find yourself on this frontline you never signed up for. Jisike
By Mami Wata Diaries3 years ago in Poets
Her Mountain is Deep
From her mountaintop, Valleys run deep, wide and dark. Love's downhill from here.
By Mami Wata Diaries3 years ago in Poets