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Nia and Umoja

Nia’s Special Day, A Picture Book

Posted onNovember 16, 2023November 21, 20232 Comments

Nia’s Special Day follows our young hero as she explores her neighborhood and the people in it. This is a picture book about family, perseverance and surprise. Read More …

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Hard at Work: Kuumba’s Workshop

Posted onJune 15, 2023Leave a comment

  “Don’t Bother Daddy. He’s Working,” says Umoja. But Nia can’t resist taking a peek. His workshop is full of strange and interesting things. There’s an old guitar, hand carved and painted wooden toys, strange drawing utensils, a colorful cube, Read More …

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Nia’s Bedtime Stories

Posted onOctober 11, 2022January 27, 20234 Comments

Way past her bedtime but the stories need told. They’ve heard them before but they never grow old. Nia loves her stuffed animals; plushies, squishies, and furries and such. Little do her parents know, when it’s late at night and Read More …

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Ashe: We Speak the Names of our Ancestors

ASHE: We Speak the Names of Our Ancestors

Posted onApril 15, 2021January 27, 20232 Comments

During our Kwanzaa celebration we speak the names of our ancestors and say Ashe (ah-SHAY). This last year has been a difficult time for all of us and we’ve lost quite a few in our community. this piece is my Read More …

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Faces of Ujima: A Study

Posted onDecember 17, 2019January 27, 2023Leave a comment

Ujima’s one of my Kinara’s Children characters that doesn’t get enough attention. My last couple of posts have featured him. In this one he gets the expressions treatment. So far I’ve done Nia, Imani, Umoja and Kuumba and if you’ve Read More …

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It’s All About Kuji

Posted onMarch 22, 2019January 27, 2023Leave a comment

It’s been all about Kuji so far this year. Starting with Kuji’s Bookshelf and moving on from there. So here’s a four image master post, short on words but long on Kujiness. Enjoy. Are you hip to the bookphone challenge‬? Read More …

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Kuji’s Bookshelf: My Lethal Weapon is My Mind

Posted onFebruary 21, 2019January 27, 2023Leave a comment

My lethal weapon is my mind Kuji always rolls in with her mental guns blazing. When she arrives on campus next year she’ll be well prepared. She’ll go there to learn, not to be bamboozled by ignorance or muddled thinking. Pity the fool Read More …

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