Building on Holding Space and drawing on her rich Surinamese cultural tradition, academia and indigenous knowledge, Aminata Cairo presents the reader with her most personal book yet. In more than thirty, compact chapters, she opens up about intimate life experiences and shows us just how empowering stories are. No, not the kind of stories that are used for light entertainment – but the raw, honest, spiritual and joyous ones. Her stories are confronting, too, as they navigate the complexitie...