Davida Adedjouma's Writings
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Poem
Apr.19.2011
The Barbie Chronicles: Revisited (a self-published chapbook)
llittle black kids in da ‘hood never believed in,
never, never, never:
The tooth fairy
Santa Claus
Barbie
The Easter bunny
The world was flat
Barbie and Ken
Columbus discovered America
That Jesus was a white boy
with blonde hair and blue eyes
like Barbie's
cause if nothing else
little black kids in da ‘hood
went to vacation Bible School
every...
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About Davida
Davida Adedjouma is an award-winning writer, editor and teacher. Her poetry and short stories have been anthologized in the U.S. and France. She has had three children's musicals produced at SteppingStone Theatre in St. Paul, Minnesota. Her...