Africandiaspora Stories

A girl, her parrot, and a forgotten family history. Kesi remembers everything-even the voices of the ancestors Keisha thought she'd lost.

After years of building a life abroad, Amina Kamara seems to have everything she once dreamed of - independence, opportunity, and a carefully curated identity that fits seamlessly into her adopted world. But when a package of handwritten letters from her late grandmother arrives unexpectedly, Amina is pulled back toward the home she left behind: Freetown. Each letter reveals stories of resilience, sacrifice, love, and faith - pieces of a family history Amina never fully understood growing up. As she returns to Sierra Leone for the first time in years, she is forced to confront the parts of herself she quietly tucked away in order to "fit in" elsewhere. Caught between two worlds - the life she built and the roots she inherited - Amina begins rediscovering language, tradition, community, and the version of herself that once felt whole. Through tender reunions, painful truths, and moments of quiet revelation by the Atlantic shore, Letters from Freetown explores identity, diaspora, generational memory, and the invisible thread that ties us to home - no matter how far we travel. But when Amina finally stands at the edge of the ocean - the same waters that carried her away years ago - she must ask herself: Was she ever truly meant to leave... or was she always meant to return?

Modern day social musings on Black life, culture, and politics. Philosophically strengthened and psychologically aware writing concerning mostly American but also diaspora separated Africans and those on the continent. I hope to introduce Afrocentricity into my writing and theories that I hope will help to reinvigorate and rebirth a Black liberation movement. I am no professor or scholar, just a layman attempting to mix some old ideas into something new.

An anthology of short horror stories of the Negro persuasion. Explore Black culture with a chilling twist. Brought to you by a trickster spirit of the night and their mentally unhinged accolyte. Mwen swete ou move rèv terib zanmi m yo! Better Wait: A rather confused man (who was in some kind of auto accident? He can't recall) explains what happened to him. The Ebony Dolls: A man is haunted by a unique phobia for his entire life. Memories of my College Days: A funny tale about a group of college friends and one rather bizarre night they shared. The Overseer: A young man tells his friend about a strange figure that's been stalking him for years. Skin: A young man finally matches with what seems to be a decent guy online. Behind Every Successful Black Man: A story about the Strong Black Woman. The Philosophy of Childhood Mischief: An unconventional cautionary tale about young boys who break rules and play hooky Mitochondrial Assimilation: A short tale about enslaved people taken to the woods in the middle of the night on the eve of Emancipation. Mitochondrial Assimilation (Long version): A longer story about enslaved people taken to the woods in the middle of the night on the eve of Emancipation. Instructions: Two men's breakfast is interrupted by a beast.

Set 500 years after the events of 'Rise of an Empire', the world has been split into 8 different empires with the Songhai Empire as the World leaders in every imaginable category. Technology, Commerce, Tourism, Resources, Military might. We follow the 2nd Prince as he navigates through his early adult life trying to find himself and live up to the Askiya name in a time of peace. However, per human nature the destruction of the status quo and peace is inevitable.

Welcome to Roots & Realms, a space where history, spirit, and memory meet. This series is for anyone who feels the pull of something older than themselves, a rhythm in the bones, a story whispered through generations, a knowing that the past is not gone but living inside us. Here, we explore the African diaspora, the transatlantic slave trade, ethnic histories, and the spiritual traditions that survived against all odds. Because the truth is this: our ancestors didn't just endure history, they carried worlds with them. They carried songs that held coded messages. They carried dances that preserved entire cosmologies. They carried rituals disguised as survival. They carried languages in fragments, braided into prayers, proverbs, and lullabies. They carried spirit, not as an idea, but as a living presence. And even when they were forced across an ocean, stripped of land, name, and home, they were never stripped of essence. That essence became the root system of the diaspora - stretching across continents, cultures, and centuries. Roots & Realms is about tracing those threads.

The narrative centers on Jared, who lives in a world where humanity has been fundamentally altered. He eventually realizes that the only way to survive and integrate into the society he has long avoided is to join them. As he moves through this new landscape, Jared is faced with a pivotal choice: follow the path he was taught since childhood or transform into someone capable of protecting his loved ones by any means necessary. Feel free to comment Would love the feedback Copyright ©️ 2024 Book only on Wattpad. If anywhere else it's stolen.

One afterlife, nine realms, one war, one prophecy. Can Zutek and their friends stop the Laylic's army from destroying the nine realms before it's too late?

He threw a lacrosse ball at her head and called her Barbie. She called him a dumbass and made him beg for Calc help. Enemies. Then tutors. Then... <b>Month 4:</b> He said her name right for the first time. Ivy. <b>The war:</b> His CEO dad tried to buy her for $5k. She tore up the check. <b>The video:</b> His ex leaked her Sheema photo. He kissed her in front of AP Bio and said "Upgrade." <b>The call:</b> Her mum saw it. Uganda vs LA. "Come home before America eats you." He said "Nyabo" and begged for her. <b>The deadline.

_THE NANNY'S SECRET_ 19 YEARS AGO: Amara Mokae flew from Limpopo to Bangkok to be a nanny for the Thanachai family. She fell for Arnon. Got pregnant. Took the blame for a murder to save him. Died in prison. The Thanachais called it "cardiac arrest" and smuggled her baby to Africa. PRESENT DAY: That baby is Naledi Mokae, 17. She forged a US scholarship, flew to Bangkok, and enrolled at BIEA - where the Thanachai heirs rule. She didn't come to study. She came to end them. The problem? Jin Thanachai remembers a Sepedi lullaby from his childhood. Sung by Amara. Mei Thanachai still keeps Amara's hair ribbon. Amara raised her. Kai Thanachai watched guards carry baby Naledi out of Amara's room. He thought she died. They don't know she's their cousin. She doesn't know they loved her mother too. Expect: Bullying, betrayal, flashbacks that will wreck you, "I hate you" to "I'd die for you", and a father who will kill to keep 2007 buried. _Fiction. Not based on a true story. Names, characters, places, and incidents are products of the author's imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental._ _Content Warning:_ Murder, suicide mention, prison violence, child abandonment, classism. No sexual content involving minors.

Jared plagued by recent and past trauma must now make a difficult decision. Continue down the path similar to his own father. A path taught to him from childhood or become someone who will protect his loved ones by any means necessary. Jared has the power to do what he thinks is best. Can he control his new powers, or will his powers control him? Copyright ©️ 2024 Book only on Wattpad. If anywhere else it's stolen.