Musing on Love
Antonio Butts – Red Woman I might have let it go, these automatic writing bursts I have from time to […]
Author: Dr Michelle Yaa Asantewa
Camp Street Prison escapees: the Amelia’s ward shoot-out – another personal account
A collage of the picture post on Big Smith’s Facebook page Some of you may have read my last blog […]
Guyana Trip July 2017 II: Camp Street Prison Fire – a personal account
I arrived in Guyana one week after the Camp Street Fire that burnt down Guyana’s infamous top security prison. Located […]
Guyana trip July 2017 I: Diaspora Engagement Conference
Reluctant ParticipantThe theme ‘Dreaming Diaspora: Doing Diaspora’ sounded fluffy. This wasn’t the reason I didn’t initially want to go to […]
Grenfell Fire. Disgusting. Sickening. Criminal
It is a serious indictment of our society that amidst the disaster, grief and anger of the Grenfell Fire that […]
The Spirit of James Baldwin
‘The unexamined life is not worth living: and I know that self-delusion in no matter what small or lofty cause […]
Guyana travels: September – October 2017
A few years ago I discovered something interesting about myself. I have the planet Jupiter in the 12th house of […]
Michael Abbensetts June 8th 1938 – November 24th 2016: The Play Must Go On
The first time we met we had a disagreement. I don’t recall exactly what we argued about. He had been […]
Come to my Kwe Kwe – keeping Guyanese cultures alive
“Most African born people do not recall a precise ceremony of that kind and function, not in the original traditions. […]