My writing straddles genres and geographical boundaries
Travel
I’ve taken advantage of porous borders and found we’re so much more alike than we are different. Click here for my visit to the 9/11 Museum in New York, my travels through Warsaw, my musings on global sites of conscience, 48 hrs in London and travels through Barbados, India and Dubai.
fiction
“Gangster Paradise” – published in Issue 3 of the Caribbean literary magazine, Pree .
My short stories God Save the Queen and Mama Dearest were published in Potbake Productions and Femrite anthologies respectively. Click here to read my interview with Contemporary Romance Writers
women and gender
I have been a gender activist for most of my adult life. Click here for my piece on the importance of menstrual health, also my interview with Malawi Chief Theresa Kachindamoto on her work on child marriage. My piece on 2018 16 Days of Activism, my take on Africa’s First Ladies and sex workers and sexual and reproductive health.
Community Voices
Community philanthropy or local giving is known by many names in Africa. Check out my piece on African philanthropy and policy and the connection between African and Jewish philanthropy.
Random Bits
Read a First Page Surgery from Mslexia – an insightful critique of the first page of my novel, If You Save Me.
Click here for my interview with eTV’s Sindy Mabe about my novella More Than Friends
O, The Oprah Magazine
Writing for O Magazine has been a highlight of my writing career. Click here for When Pregnancy Hurts, Free Spirit, Long Distance Mom, Therapy, The Write Kind of Love
My kids have given me a lot of material for writing over the years. Click here to to read about moms who gave birth in foreign countries, Road Trippin from Cape Town to Johannesburg and When Mom and Dad Parent Differently.
Click here for my article in Psychologies Magazine on losing my dad
New African Magazine
Writing for New African Magazine was often a way to bridge my love for the Caribbean and Africa. Click here to read The Life and Times of King Sugar, Africa Calling and Blood is Thicker Than Water.
The now defunct BL!NK Magazine was a fantastic magazine with an uplifting gaze on black men. Click here to read my articles on abortion, human trafficking and femicide.
An extract of my novel, If You Save Me.
Listen to my Highly Commended story Pulling Seine and Catching Souls from the 2009 Commonwealth Short Story competition.