Seeds - by Dominique Hunter (Paperback)
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Highlights
- In this collection of poetry and short stories, Dominique Daye Hunter explores the histories, intergenerational and personal trauma, healing, and resilience of the Afro-Indigenous diaspora.
- Author(s): Dominique Hunter
- 160 Pages
- Poetry, American
Description
About the Book
This collection of poetry explores the resilience of the Afro-Indigenous diaspora. Ancestrally informed, Seeds guides us toward collective healing for Mother Earth and all our relatives.
Book Synopsis
In this collection of poetry and short stories, Dominique Daye Hunter explores the histories, intergenerational and personal trauma, healing, and resilience of the Afro-Indigenous diaspora. Other themes highlighted in the book include Indigenous spirituality, Afro Indigenous identity, anti-Blackness, anti-Indigeneity, perspectives of Southeastern Indigenous peoples, traditional Yesáh / Saponi culture, reclaiming African roots, ancestral guidance, self-love, food sovereignty, and water rights.
Review Quotes
"Seeds takes the reader on a journey of overcoming personal and intergenerational trauma. Dominique uses raw authentic storytelling to tell her story, the stories of her Black and Native ancestors, and the stories of Turtle Island and African descendants. She delivers a timely message of unification in order to achieve collective liberation of Black, Indigenous, People of Color. Seeds expresses that our common connection to Mother Earth transcends colonial constructs of race and blood quantum that continue to divide Indigenous peoples, and encourages self love, self acceptance, and Afro-Indigenous pride."
- Aminah Sané Ghaffar, Good Medicine Woman LLC Founder, Advocate
"This phenomenal work guides you through various forms of expression and quietly reassures you that - whatever form of expression you choose - it is needed in this world. Dominique gives us all permission to bask in our full selves while recognizing that we are all seeds - whether we are blowing in the breeze or firmly planted in the earth - our presence speaks to growth, to reaping and sowing, to survival."
- Shereá D. Burnett, J.D., Creator of ThisWomansWords, Social Worker, Writer, & Advocate
"Through powerful historical and contemporary imagery, author Dominique Daye Hunter guides the reader through the complex navigation of living in two worlds when society demands conformity. Powerfully reclaiming her space through these moving experiences, Dominique allows you to bear witness to the ultimate rebirth: her rightful and planted place as an Afro-Indigenous woman.
-Roc, Poet and Friend