Afrobibliotherapy

Teneshia Samuel

A collection of empowering readings for personal inquiry and reflection. Embark on a journey to higher self-awareness through the narratives, prose, poetry and essays of Black literary luminaries.

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  1. 06/25/2020

    Anansi and the Pot of Wisdom

    The beloved tales of Anansi the spider, a mythological trickster god from West African Spirituality. This is a reading of the story Anansi and the Pot of Wisdom. All music was created and performed by Teneshia Samuel. This story is written by Lynne Garner and performed by Teneshia Samuel.

  2. 06/21/2020

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  3. 06/15/2020

    The Erotic As Power

    "Audre Lorde died in November, 1992. Audre Lorde was author of more than a dozen books of poetry and prose, recipient of national and international awards, and a founding member of Kitchen Table: Women of Color Press. Her most recent poetry includes Undersongs: Chosen Poems Old and New Revised (1992) and Our Dead Behind Us (1986); in Zami: A New Spelling of My Name (1982) she writes her own bio-mythography, and her recent essays and speeches can be found in A Burst of Light (1988) and Sister Outsider (1984), which includes the chapter reprinted here. Anti-ascetic in her demands that desire be made conscious and sensuality affirmed, Lorde responds in this 1978 essay to Second Wave Feminists’ debates over whether or not pornography creates and maintains sex- ual oppression. By disentangling women’s eroticism from its cultural misuse and calling for a realization of the erotic as the most self- responsible source of women’s power, Lorde, locating that power in women’s acknowledg- ment of desire, blurs the boundaries between the erotic, on the one hand, and political, cre- ative, and everyday activities, on the other. And in issuing her call to all women, regard- less of their sexual identity, Lorde erases erotic differences between straight, bisexual, and les- bian desire in order to promote such desire as a creative force for revolutionary change.

  4. 06/13/2020

    Now that I Am Forever With Child

    A reading of "Now That I Am Forever With Child" by Audre Lorde.

  5. 06/12/2020

    The Transformation of Silence into Language and Action

    In Audre Lorde's Narrative, "The Transformation of Silence into Language and Action," penned in 1980, she informs that people should overcome their fears by speaking up for themselves. The author explains that your silence will not prevent you from injury by stating that the effect silence has, will take a tremendous toll on one's own self. Lorde's purpose is to inform in order to show that if you live your life in silence, then you will not experience how to truly face your fears. Audre Lorde offers inspiration for those who are afraid to turn their silence into language and action.

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A collection of empowering readings for personal inquiry and reflection. Embark on a journey to higher self-awareness through the narratives, prose, poetry and essays of Black literary luminaries.

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  • Creator
    Teneshia Samuel
  • Years Active
    2020
  • Episodes
    5
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Copyright Teneshia Samuel
  • Show Website
    Afrobibliotherapy