Door of Return: A Black Woman's Journey of Remembrance

• In Event: Black and Minoritized Women's Spiritual Resilience in Confronting Educational Challenges

Abstract

In 2018, Ghanian president Nana Akufo-Addo announced before the U.N. that 2019 would be the Year of Return for Africans across the diaspora. Through the use of autoethnography, this paper will explore the impact that (re)turn and (re)membrance have on African American women in the academy. The autoethnographic writings will highlight my own experiences as a 2nd year PhD student in Curriculum and Instruction who had an opportunity to go to Ghana for the Year of Return in June of 2019. In analyzing the autoethnographic narratives, this paper will take up two theoretical lenses to further unpack my experiences - endarkened feminism and African centered pedagogy.
Key Words: autoethnography, Endarkened feminism, African centered pedagogy

Author

• Ebony Adedayo, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities