My Gullah Is

Sowing.

I don’t sell anything here…

I haven’t actively engaged with this platform in a long time…

But, some “How Sway?!?!?, I’ve amassed many new followers. For that, I am MOST humbled beyond words and reminded that there is an audience for things of interest to me—the weave of our past, present, and future life experiences as a people.

This past year, I’ve been coming out of my cocooning shell of 2024 and showing up for me, which is an evolving ritual—staying sharp on my full-time job as a telecom attorney, living and sorting through grief and loss of my ex-husband and son’s father, raising a teenager (my most important role), planning a wedding and being present for it all and more in love, daily prayer, and gratitude.

It hasn’t been easy at all and I’m amazed that I have managed to “keep my mind” but for Him! I’m still curious, stay researching, and even more grounded than the day before. Whether old (as in posts I wrote but never posted) or new ones or recycled ones from my personal archives, I have much to share with ya’ll — my utmost hope being that what I do put out into these inters-of-nets resonates with your intellect and spirit in a meaningful and encouraging way that adds value to our community, culture, and perspectives on life.

Stay tuned and in the light!!!

- Amanda

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📸: Selfie of me (aka Yardie) doing what I do (happily) in my backyard

📖: Excerpt (pg. 11) from “African Cosmos: Stellar Arts: African Cultural Astronomy from Antiquity to the Present," edited by Christine Mullen Kreamer and published by Smithsonian National Museum of African Art (2012).

🖼️: “Sowing the Seeds” (1992) by Darrell Loy Scott (Louisiana/Arkansas, 1946-2023) caught my eye.

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Ms. Frazine Taylor, much gratitude for your work!!! Echoing your words, “Who else will do it if not us?”

Definitely here to help anyone wanting to find out more about their family history so if that is Y-O-U, please don’t hesitate to reach out to me and I’d be more than glad to assist you.

How one genealogist helped thousands of Black Americans trace their family history Genealogist Frazine Taylor of Montgomery, Alabama, made it her life's work to help African American families piece together their history, sifting through re...

A beautiful piece!!!

I always get a big ole’ fat smile on my face when I see folks (👏🏾10 Million Names ) doing the work to preserve the stories of “us” and highlighting the often ignored reality that the past is living through us today and enslaved people should not be seen as a “different” group of people totally unrelated to people of the diaspora living today! We are their legacies.

Rare audio of enslaved people connects history to the present ABC News’ Alex Presha examines rare audio of formerly enslaved people to preserve their stories, and interviews one of their descendants, in partnership with...