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“I know that my fight on this continent is a fight against patriarchy, poverty, sexism, homophobia, transphobia, ableism, FGM, rape, HIV/Aids, human and food insecurity, displacement, conflicts and the many atrocities we continue to face. I fight with hope for total liberation. And I know that with this identity, labelling myself as an African feminist, it is not to say that there is a sisterhood that represents and speaks on behalf of all of us. We are not homogenous, but we are connected.”

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“whenever we encounter the name Octavia E. Butler, some of us feel a shift, a deep, spiritual resonance that defies comprehension. it doesn't matter how many times we engage with her words, that something lingers, stirring, moving, shifting. and as the timeline stretches, the reasons begin to reveal themselves. when the darkness swells in me, i return to these fragments of her life, hoping to witness the absolute breath and depth of my own words in this lifetime. because Octavia E. Butler showed us how.”

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“Where I Am Now – Five Years From Now it’s 2030, and i live in alignment with spirit, with time, with truth. i run a thriving institution rooted in storytelling, technology and African eco-feminist wisdom. my second and third books are out - one a spiritual/decolonial memoir, the other a critical reflection on AI. both are studied in universities and embraced by global readers seeking slower, truer ways of knowing. Seasons of Becoming has a life of its own - a healing movement, a dedicated creative retreat. my photography has been exhibited across Lisbon, Berlin, Accra, Morocco and Cape Town and featured in major publications. i’ve been invited to sacred stages and artistic festivals. i speak not just to inform, but to transform. financially, i am stable and flourishing. i live in a creative communal space by the waterfront, surrounded by nature. respecting the land with no ownership to my name. my consultancy works with kin across continents, blending strategy with soul. i no longer chase opportunities - they arrive in alignment. most importantly, i live gently. my days are spacious. my child is thriving. my mom is thriving. my family is thriving. i am not surviving. i am fully, audaciously alive. we are free!”

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“In an economy that values the new, the instant next product, there’s so much pressure to keep producing. to churn things out, to prove your worth in output. But there’s deep value in revisiting what you’ve previously created. Sometimes the work you need is already written by you. like time travel of sorts, the now you travelled back in time to whisper these words because you would need them.”

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“I imagine some artists like myself love the spotlight. It is a beautiful thing to have your art recognised. for it to be admired like a flower in the field. But I wonder, does a flower know it’s a marvel? Does it feel pleasure to be adored? Does it realise when it’s been cut? that it’s been commodified, that an entire value chain exists around it, that hands will decide its worth or would it prefer to be left alone, admired from a distance, its petals untouched, for the bees, for the air. I wonder…”

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“I think of my days as an aviation aficionado, obsessed with the Gripen ( not yet knowing what war machines cost us), watching fighter jets break the sound barrier. The jet would pass before the boom, delaying time so the object arrived before its sound. That’s how some of us move through this world, seen long before we’re heard. The world says "too late," but we’re exactly on time, aligned. Things happen when the conditions align. And this is what I am returning to, a rhythm that keeps me kin to the land. Land not as metaphor, but the taproot of my lineage. To honour this means inviting imvelo into my creative practice. It means slowing down. It means sitting with the stress of being an artist who reveres the earth while participating in the machine that devours it.”

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“to walk between the spiritual and physical is to carry a specific kind of medicine. but to share it effectively, you must first understand the limits of this plane, your purpose within it and the ways you’re meant to impart your gift. for those of us who bridge these realms, this means our "medicine" must be shared with care. the journey is not a one-size-fits-all. it’s important to meet every situation where it actually is. each piece is crafted as the required medicine for its time, destined to find those it's meant to serve.”

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