If I ever doubted the relevance for my first book, today confirmed its necessity!  On the very day that the book arrived to my office three middle school African American girls walked by my office window, which is nestled between rows of homes; kicking the daily papers off of the steps of neighbors.  I walked out to confront them in the nicest way, asking them why they needed to do this and two continued walking while one girl responded.  She indicated that they were (in her opinion) just sitting in the middle of the walk way and she apologized.  Sounds like a happy ending right? Wrong. As they neared the corner two them yelled "BITCH!! WHORE!!" and it was the reality that urged me to write the book; "101 Things Every Girl/Young Woman of Color Should Know" (Duafe Press 2010).  This is the lighter side of the choices and behaviors of OUR girls and it gives me pause; not because it occurs, but the lack of communal  and parental responsibility that manifests itself in the blatant disregard some of OUR girls show women who look like them.  I chose  Duafe; a West African Adinkra word which translates to "the highest feminine qualities and cleanliness"as the name of my self-publishing imprint; in hopes of creating content, both written and performance , that speaks to promoting and modeling its meaning .  If any of this strikes or moves you, purchase a copy of the book at www.saveourgirls.com  .



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