Month One: Alignment, Africa, and Becoming — A Transition
Month One of The Black Narrative was about grounding.
About naming the season I’m in as a creative.
About alignment instead of urgency.
About Africa, London, and the quiet work of becoming.
Each piece published this month explored a different layer of that journey — personal, cultural, and spiritual — but they were all in conversation with one another.
If you’re new here, or want to experience the arc in full, here’s how Month One unfolded:
The Long-Form Essay — The Foundation
A reflection on leaving America, the ancestral clarity Ghana offered me, and why London became the portal where discipline and creativity finally met.
The Medium-Form Essay — The Bridge
An exploration of living in-between cultures, and why London functions as a creative bridge between Africa and the West.
The Commentary — The Shift
A cultural analysis on why African-first thinking is not a trend, but a correction — and why Black creativity is moving beyond Western definitions of luxury.
The Spiritual Reflection — The Why
A quiet meditation on surrender, creativity as communion, and what opens when you trust alignment over certainty.
Taken together, Month One was about becoming:
becoming rooted instead of reactive
becoming intentional instead of performative
becoming aligned instead of busy
This was the groundwork.
Month Two moves us deeper.
If Month One asked “Who am I becoming?”
Month Two asks: “What does it actually take to live this work?”
We’ll explore:
the discipline behind African-first brand building
the daily realities of creative life in London
the cost of alignment — financially, emotionally, spiritually
and the patience required to build something sustainable without rushing the vision
Thank you for being here — for reading slowly, thinking deeply, and growing alongside me.
The work continues.
Next: Month Two begins here → Month Two: Discipline, Cost, and the Work Behind the Vision