Have Faith (on your shelves)
Nigerian #MeToo Lyric
My Nigerian #MeToo lyric essay, published in Aké Review, reprinted in Brittle PaperFlaunt Magazine #148
Peacocks (travel micro-story)The Rumpus
"All of the Above" the PPT marriage essayCosmonauts Ave
How to Make a Metaphor in B&W (digital essay)EssayDaily
The multicultural essay as performanceRadical Hope
On 10th anniv of her father's passing, Faith bids farewell to ObamaCreating Nonfiction (textbook)
My anti-Wikipedia essay about NigeriaWrite Choices (textbook)
My chart on the Elements of Nonfiction StorytellingI'll Tell You Mine: 30 Yrs
of Essays from Iowa Nonfiction Writing: Black Men essayWhatever Doesn't Kill You
Six Memoirs of Strength, Resilience, and ForgivenessLady Problems (ebook)
My short ebook takes a humorous look at black women & fibroids.Best Women's Travel Writing 10
The infamous explosive diarrhea/Great Bride Soup story!Meeting Faith
My account of becoming Thailand's first Black Buddhist nunFamily Trouble (anthol)
My essay on the challenges of writing memoir about the Black family (biological and global)Coming of Age (anthol)
I co-edited 24 international stories ideal for the classroom.Dismantle: The VONA Anthol
1st chapter of TWINSMy Journey Home (film)
Buy the thought-provoking 35-minute PBS documentaryColors of Nature (anthol)
Twins excerpt on culture, identity & the natural world.YES! magazine
My popular article on why memoir is the ultimate multicultural actThe Word (anthol)
Black writers talk about the transformative power of reading & writingComing of Age in the 21st Century
OK Humanities
Getting my first Afro was drawing a line in the sandGo Your Own Way (anthol)
Women Travel the World SoloThe Messy Self (anthol)
Getting my first dollHer Fork in the Road (anthol)
Women celebrate food & travelUnder her Skin (anthol)
How girls experience race in AmericaWomen Who Eat (anthol)
A new generation on the glory of foodTransition #86
Meeting Faith excerptTransition #81
My favorite travel essay NigeriaMeeting Faith
The hardcover edition of my memoir: no Reader's Guide. Click to read excerpt:Go Girl! (anthol)
The black woman's guide to travel & adventureEnterText (UK)
How to Be Nigerian: Guinea Worm Parables--https://cosmonautsavenueA Woman's Asia (anthol)
Excerpt from Meeting Faith memoirA Woman Alone
Travel Tales from Around the WorldGumbo (anthol)
Celebration of African American WritersGenerations
A journal of ideas & imagesA Village Celebration
Children's ReaderNames We Call Home (anthol)
Autobiography on Racial IdentityO Mag Aug 07
Life Notes
Journals by black womenShow More