“The Rebellious Act of Stillness”

Genre: Memoir Essay

Role: Author

Publisher: Memoir Land

Description: Migrating from Nigeria to Holland and back again to attend boarding school, a young girl searches for the true meaning of home.

“Embers”

Genre: Short Fiction

Role: Author

Publisher: Callaloo Literary Journal (Vol. 41, Issue 5, General Issue) / Johns Hopkins University Press

Description: Steeped in magical realism, this short story unfolds over the 24 hours after a woman’s deceased daughter returns home seven years after her death.

Harmattan

Genre: Chapbook (Fiction, Essay, Poetry, Photography)

Role: Author, Creative Director

Publisher: Bottlecap Press

Description: Harmattan is a collection of poems, essay, short stories, and photography that explore loss. Motivated by the author’s mother’s passing, these ancestral explorations are told from the perspectives of three generations of Igbo women, and are guided by a traditional Igbo understanding that whatever has tasted life can never truly die.

Making History

Genre: Article Series

Role: Series Co-Creator, Writer

Publisher: mindbodygreen

Description: The Making History article series shines a light on wellness leaders from underrepresented communities whose impactful work brings healing to their communities.

This series brings to the forefront healers whose work often goes unseen in the mainstream wellness industry.