This presentation will highlight the non-linear, intergenerational interrogation & narrative of first-generation Nigerian-Cameroonian-American Afumbom Okosun illustrating how our various forms of communication - specifically in the American South - connects African Diasporan people from all over the world. How can we re-claim, re-imagine & re-prioritize what our collective “native tongues” are as African diasporan people via the culture we create? How do black languages such as AAVE, pidgin English & “Creole” serve as anchors for how we connect with our lineages, past, present & future? In what ways are our collective liberation tied to the new languages we design, current language we refine and old languages we remember?
