The Homecoming: A Story That Found Me Before I Knew I Was Writing It

Nappy Roots: The Homecoming is not just a story but a precursor to my upcoming solo art exhibit. The novel is about how memory moves through us in dreams, in art, and in the quiet moments when something ancient taps us on the shoulder. Sankofa, an artist going about her everyday life, starts having visions that pull her toward the history of Timbuktu, its scholars, its libraries, and the knowledge that was nearly lost. The line between her world and the past gets thin, and what she thought she knew about memory, ancestry, and belonging begins to shift.

The book is shaped in a simple rhythm. Each chapter gives you the story first the characters, the dreams, the journey. Then it shares the real history behind what’s happening.
And it ends with a reflection that brings the emotion and meaning to the surface.

It’s fiction, but it’s rooted in truth.
It’s history but told through the heart.

The Homecoming honors Black brilliance, ancestral memory, and the idea that some stories don’t fade — they wait for the right moment to rise.

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