Dear Indo-Caribbean People, Let’s Not Be Like Our Macoing Aunties
I never understood why Kali Ma was shoved in the back of my father’s altar, behind the fair goddesses. Wasn’t she the Hindu Goddess who …
Ashley Somwaru
Ashley Chandanie Somwaru is an Indo-Caribbean woman born and raised in Queens, New York. She is currently pursuing her MFA at Queens College to immerse herself in pride for her mixed tongue, religious upbringings, superstitions, and cultural traditions that have made her into the red hibiscus she is. As a storyteller and poet, her work seeks to magnify the voices of women in her community who have been silenced and abused, and to rewrite the history of her ancestors, those who were forgotten. She hopes to find them. Her work has been published in Asian American Writers' Workshop, A Gathering Together, and No, Dear.