Also, I promise that none of these photos, except the Staceyann look alike photo, were taken for the intention of this blog post. I have listed them as well as the titles of these works (to the best of my memory). I know that there are other influential authors whose names do not appear on these lists however the following authors are ones whose works have had an impact on me.
What I love of about meeting each of these authors is that there was no pretension and instead of "rockstar narcissism", I was treated like a peer, a colleague. Some of these authors, I have been so blessed to actually meet like Coe Booth, Rita Williams-Garcia, Toni Morrison, Staceyann Chin, Jacqueline Woodson, Nnedi Okorafor, Edwidge Danticat, and Zadie Smith. I thought, wouldn't it be neat to do a photo shoot tributing Black women authors including ones whose books I have loved over the years, have served as mentors for me from a far, and books I have read throughout the years and have come to admire. It was then that I took my hair out to vary the look and then I realized that I looked like Nalo Hopkinson.
As the weeks progressed and I took out this hairstyle, I took a photo of myself. This past March, for my launch, I wanted to have a look which was reminiscent of one of my favourite authors, Chimamanda Adichie- stylish, modern, tailored African dress with beautiful coiffed natural hairstyle.
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