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Jackie Sedley reached out with the opportunity to share: The gap between visibility and representation: A conversation with Nyasha Williams about her book, Where is Koketso?.

Hey Everyone!

I'm grateful to share with you my latest conversation on Listener Supported KGNU with Jackie Sedley, a conversation that dives deep into creativity, activism, Ancestral weaving, and the world I'm dreaming and building toward.

We centered the conversation around my children's book, Where is Koketso?, and the book’s joyful, community-building seek-and-find adventure that has taken over Pearl Street in Boulder all April long.

"When I create, I am working towards the world my ancestors deserved and future children need."

— Nyasha Williams

In the interview, I talk about why I call myself an “Ancestral medicine weaver," how literature can be a portal toward liberation, and why joy, especially Black joy, is a necessary form of resistance.

🎧 Gems from the Conversation:

Change is the only constant. It's the only thing we can be assured will come. We have to learn to move with it, seasonally, naturally, like the world does.

I loved seek-and-find books as a kid, but I never saw anyone who looked like me in them. I knew I had to create something different, something joyful, adventurous, and representative.

I hope my work is a ripple effect. A portal. I hope people critique it. Build on it. Dream beyond it. That's how we all move closer to collective freedom and wholeness.

🌍 Throughout the conversation, Jackie and I discussed everything from building real community beyond individualism to how storytelling has been co-opted and how we can return it to its roots.

If you missed my closing event this past Saturday at Boulder Bookstore Boulder, I invite you to listen to this interview.

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And after you listen, I'd love to know:

What literature or media has made you feel the most seen?

Share your reflections with me in the comments or reply to this post.

In community,

Nyasha