Krio Heritage - Impressions
Aberdeen, Freetown, Sierra Leone. ©️ I. LISK I came across my work today while organizing my digital space. In July 2017, I took part in a writing workshop. It was part of the ‘Africa Writes’ series , this one on Krio Heritage, organized by the British Library. We examined artifacts, books and writings on Krio culture and settlement . We also brought in some items from our own personal collections ; and I wrote the following explorative piece - a montage of impressions. In my mind it is unfinished; my efforts resulted in 3 vignettes, and each could be expanded into stories or poems. As an exercise, it was adequate for the purpose of developing thoughts and ideas, which was part of the remit. I’m told that whatever it ends up being – even unchanged, it was a good start. We took turns to read our thoughts to the small but encouraging audience made up of workshop participants and interested guests – it was the...