“I am a black person. I come out of an experience of exile and migration. I have always felt myself to be at once at home and away from home at the same time. It is inevitable that my perspective will be international.” PersonsHomeFeltBlackPerspectiveInternationalInevitableExileMigrationAway From HomeBlack Person Author:Kwame Dawes
“The rich and complex history of South Carolina is the history of the African diaspora, and in many ways, I felt acutely the sense of this collective memory of migration, suffering and transformation while living in South Carolina.” WaySufferingFeltMemoriesRichTransformationSouthComplexesCollectivesCarolinaMigrationSouth CarolinaDiasporaCollective Memory Author:Kwame Dawes