Author Kuukua Yomekpe publicity, reflections

2013 in review

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2013 annual report for this blog. Here's an excerpt: A New York City subway train holds 1,200 people. This blog was viewed about 6,500 times in 2013. If it were a NYC subway train, it would take about 5 trips to carry that many people. Click here to … Continue reading 2013 in review

Author Kuukua Yomekpe publications, reflections

Race and Invisible Cloak of “Black”

I could “talk proper” and “articulate so well.” And by year three I got compliments for having no accent: “no one would be able to tell you weren’t from here!” I was ecstatic. I even let them touch my hair. After all, they were “just curious.” And I relished in the fact that I “wasn’t like them” because being the kind of Black I was made me acceptable. I was the “safe” African/Black woman.

Author Kuukua Yomekpe publications, Spoonwiz Article

Feed People: Heal Schisms

"Onina mi." "Atomoo." "You are invited." These are three ways we invite others, sometimes total strangers to share our plate of rice or our bowl of soup. The first is in Ga, the language from the coastal region of Accrs, my maternal grandfather's mother tongue. The second is Fanti, from but further along the same … Continue reading Feed People: Heal Schisms

Author Kuukua Yomekpe Interviews, publicity

Conversation with Kuukua Dzigbordi Yomekpe – a Culinary Artist (Interview with Nana Fredua)

Thanks Nana Fredua! Tell us something about yourself, Kuukua? Well for starters, I was born and raised in Accra, Ghana at Aunty Hannah’s home in Chorkor. I am the oldest child on my mother’s side, and the fourth on my father’s. Altogether, I have six siblings. As my name suggests I am Fante on my maternal grandmother’s side, … Continue reading Conversation with Kuukua Dzigbordi Yomekpe – a Culinary Artist (Interview with Nana Fredua)