“In a world where the cosmologies of Black women are continually erased and excluded from knowledge traditions, Kinitra Brooks seeks connection with her late great-grandmother, Mama Myrt, who first introduced her to rootworking traditions and inspired her life’s work. Kinitra’s essay, Myrtle’s Medicine, reflects on the meaning and beauty of embodied ways of knowing.”

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🔗 https://emergencemagazine.org/essay/myrtles-medicine/

In this essay, Kinitra Brooks seeks connection with her late great-grandmother, Mama Myrt, and reflects on the meaning and beauty of embodied ways of knowing.
Read “Myrtle’s Medicine,” by Kinitra Brooks. https://emergencemagazine.org/essay/myrtles-medicine/ Illustration by John Jennings. #rootworking #KinitraBrooks #JohnJennings