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Kiini Ibura Salaam is a writer, painter, and traveler from New Orleans, Louisiana. The middle child of five, she grew up in a hardscrabble neighborhood with oak and fig trees, locusts and mosquitoes, cousins and neighbors. Kiini's work delves into spheres of human liberation, human connection, and evolution. She employs speculative fiction and creative nonfiction to take readers through mind-bending journeys into the transcendent, the mystical, and the fantastic.
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Vol. 22, In Brazil: Bahian Food
Posted on 15 March 2002
Salvador, Bahia Brazil When I returned from Lençois, my sneakers were so dirty, I decided to just leave them in the plastic bag I transported them in. On a rainy morning, a few weeks after my return, I decided to wear my sneakers instead of the customary flip-flops. I pulled my sneakers out of the… »
BlogKIS.listApo Funja // Bahia // Brazil // Candomble // Cuba // Dance Africa // Fulbright // Kikuya // orisha // orixa // Oxum // Pagador de Promesas // pagode // Palo Monte // Salvador // Solar do Unhao // travel // Ugandan dance // visual art // Yoruba
Vol. 21, In Brazil: Candomble and Visual Arts
Posted on 6 March 2002
Salvador, Bahia Brazil My latest discovery in the hand-washing clothes saga is, despite Salvador’s heat, anything I want to dry properly must be hung directly in the sunshine. During my second go-round with clothes washing, I hung all my clothing at one time. Since line space was limited, I hung half my clothes in the… »
BlogKIS.listafoxe // angola // Bahia // beauty // blackness // capoeira // cultural conflict // Culture // filhos de ghandy // Fort Santo Antonio // gender // gilberto gil // hiking // Ile Aiye // Lencois // life in the tropics // nature // regional // roda // Salvador // sexual tourism // tourism // travel
Vol. 20, In Brazil: Ilê Aiyê and Tourist-Native Relationships
Posted on 22 February 2002
Salvador, Bahia Brazil I’m not a person who “keeps house,” but here, as in many warm places, the necessities for cleaning are multiplied. With so many openings to the homes—balconies, wall openings for ventilation, windows without screens—dirt easily comes in and settles on the floor. Floors need to be swept almost daily. With the presence… »
BlogKIS.listafoxe // Bahia // beach food // blackness // bloco // body image // Brazil // bus travel // carnival // Cidade Baixa // crowds // cultural conflict // Culture // Ile Aiye // images of beauty // immigration // international // Ladeira // Mercado Modelo // Olodum // Pelourinho // prostitution // Race // Santo Antonio // self hatred // sexual tourism // street children // tourism // travel // trucks // violence
Vol. 19, In Brazil: Carnival Time
Posted on 14 February 2002
Salvador, Bahia Brazil [The doorbell just rang. Went to the balcony and a woman was below with her child. She asked about the woman—the rasta, as she calls her—who used to live here. The rasta used to give her food for her and her family. I told her she wasn’t here, she asked me for… »