Masthead (Copy)
KIZA BlackLit is a quarterly publication of Next Level Publications Group, Inc. (NLPG). NLPG is a 501c3 nonprofit organization, with a mission to celebrate, promote and support …
Editor’s Take (Copy)
BY NJEMILE Z. ALI
This is Age of the Return, when we gather the gifts from the past to fuel the next breakthrough to our highest Selves. Our writers are moving soil in the deep …
Black ACE Happenings (Copy)
The drums are calling us to the fireside for stories, verse and film from the Black Arts, Culture & Entertainment abundant storehouse. Commune with fellow lovers of the arts …
Pop Pop Gro’ Sumn’ (Copy)
Check out Arc(k)’s Sankofa Village Unity Storytelling Hour every Sunday at 6pm on www.WURDradio.com Philadelphia.
It’s Personal (Copy)
BY KHADIJA POUNSEL
These words by literary great, James Baldwin, seem a fitting site to explore within this issue’s theme of “Legacy.” Somehow, for me, these words feel old and deep and shared …
Legacy (Copy)
BY ZAKIYYAH ALI
My/Our legacy is as dark and vast
It is long, deep, as unexplored
As the darkest depth of the ocean waters …
The Beggar and the King (Copy)
BY OTANCIA NOEL
This was our lives when we were there: waking up to the purple and pink tinged sky, full of squawking parrots at sunrise; exploring the cocoa and coffee fields; climbing the trees; eating Chinese tamarind, gru gru bef
Ms. Ola: The Story of a Silent Generationer (Copy)
BY VERGINIA JACKSON
Ms. Ola started working in the field to help supplement the family income at around ten years of age. Her day started well before sunrise and did not end until after sunset. Although she was only 10-12 years old …
Protecting Our Ancestors’ Creative Legacy (Copy)
BY NASHID FURAHA-ALI
Why Do Our Ancestors
Call Us At This Moment?
Because / now is / the time. / More / than / ever / before …
