This cricket match was part of the celebrations in honour of The Man of Steele. He loved his cricket. I think he was a cricket commentator in another life time. He was one of the inventors of Red Square cricket, pictured in this album. He saw me for the first time, when I walked acorss the Red Square, probably going …
Slave Steps
Slave Steps are located on the west end of New Providence Island. The stone stairs were hand cut by displaced African ancestors brought to the islands as slaves, and may be older than the first plantation on the Island of 1785. The carved shape of the African continent in the rocks represents their memory of home. The healing circle of …
Celebrating my earthday with storytelling for you
Dear Steele: I am having a storytelling ceremony in honour of our ancestors for my earthday, and it is dedicated to you. You are the first person in the ancestral world I feel I really know, and who really knows me. But when I think about it, you are no nearer or farther away than any of my other ancestors: …
The true test of sexual control
Dear Steele: If I told you that there was a type of kung fu women practice using their sex organs you would probably think I was misinformed. It might conjure up some bizarre images of deadly seductions or Asian bondage or something. It certainly wouldn’t bring to mind images of an ancient practice of healing and regeneration. Well last month …
An icebreaker for a writer
Dear Steele: I should have kept my mouth shut. I should have stayed anonymous. I had a question and I asked it. Now I have a face. I have a voice. I have a nationality. Now they ask me the ice breaker question they ask at a writer’s workshop. “So what type of book are you writing?” I’m not writing …