Unsilencing the Afro-Puerto Rican Voice

      As an Afro-Puerto Rican woman, I have undertaken a journey of discovery.  When I started my graduate studies at UPR-Rio Piedras to complete a doctorate degree, I did not imagine that more than a degree, these studies will make me question my identity and pursue a quest to encounter those ancestors whose lives have been silenced in history.     This academic journey also permitted me to explore my creativity through the writing of children's stories and later on a novel.  They are still mainly unpublished works but today as I write this first post of the blog,  I have made the compromise to myself to share them beyond the small circle of friends and collegues that have permitted me to express myself through the world of imagination interwoven with history and the challenges faced by those who no longer live among us.     I also had the opportunity in those years to be part of the wonderful team of Anansesem E-zine .  It first s...