Asili Stories

Painterly composition showing the backward-looking Sankofa bird and the heart-shaped Sankofa form together among warm carved, woven and brass-like textures.

Looking Back Is Not Going Back

Sankofa is often reduced to “go back and get it.” Its backward-looking bird and heart-shaped Adinkra form express the same deeper idea: retrieve what still has value and carry it...

Looking Back Is Not Going Back

Sankofa is often reduced to “go back and get it.” Its backward-looking bird and heart-shaped Adinkra form express the same deeper idea: retrieve what still has value and carry it...

Painterly scene of families overlooking a Trinidad and Tobago coastal city at sunset, with green hills, the harbor and warm evening light in the distance.

Independence Was a Beginning, Not a Finish Line

At midnight in 1962, a new flag rose over Port of Spain. Independence changed Trinidad and Tobago’s constitutional life — and opened a larger question about what a nation builds...

Independence Was a Beginning, Not a Finish Line

At midnight in 1962, a new flag rose over Port of Spain. Independence changed Trinidad and Tobago’s constitutional life — and opened a larger question about what a nation builds...

Top view of broken shackles and chains at feet of Lady Liberty

How History Becomes Wearable Art

A question from a reader about the Black Statue of Liberty. The claim did not hold — but the research led to the broken chain at her feet, and to...

How History Becomes Wearable Art

A question from a reader about the Black Statue of Liberty. The claim did not hold — but the research led to the broken chain at her feet, and to...