Decolonization Stories

Marshal Makamantirazaria in his ebullient style continues his narrative with this section of his story of a deprived childhood, his early wiles to get education, a feat which ordinarily was beyond orphans of his ilk. Read on.

A poem written for a film Decolonycities, a project by Yolanda Gutierrez with The Museum am Rothenbaum - Kulturen und Künste der Welt

What happens when a science teacher begins to hear voices - from chalkboards, from coconut trees, from ancestors who refuse to be silenced? The Science of Smoke and Memory is a lyrical journey through classrooms, dreams, and spiritual reckonings. Blending magical realism, Indigenous knowledge, and critical pedagogy, this story follows Keoni, a Pasifika educator navigating the fractured terrain of colonial science education. As he challenges what counts as knowledge, he discovers that decolonization isn't a destination - it's a dance. ✨ For readers of bell hooks, Thomas King, and those who believe storytelling is resistance. 🏷 #decolonization #education #magicalrealism #ownvoices #identity #criticalpedagogy

If a god loses his community, his rituals, and most records of his existence, what is left of him to call divine? On a windy beach in California, Mirasol finds a shipwrecked man and takes him to the hospital. With no phone, no ID, and barely any clothes after the sea got done with him, the most information they can get is that his name is Haik, and for lack of better options, he's discharged to Mirasol's place. Dark-skinned, covered in tattoos, and hailing from Australia, Haik is not the typical Filipino. He tells her stories of the Tagalogs' far past, a foreign and unknown country--and soon finds out that he is Haik the sea-god, constantly searching for his mortal wife, and they are both stuck in a loop of reincarnation after their whale-goddess daughter was stillborn. Unfortunately, she also finds out that he's an undocumented immigrant.