“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
“I believe that many lives around us now can reflect this strange pattern of migration and movement. The question is: are we aware of it, and do we embrace it as a kind of birthright? I do. And yet, I feel deeply connected to at least two homespaces - Jamaica and Ghana, and more recently, South Carolina.” FeelsBelieveKindTwoI BelieveMovementStrangeEmbraceSouthPatternsConnectedCarolinaMigrationBirthrightSouth CarolinaJamaicaGhana 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
