I am an academic, a lecturer, a yoga teacher, a birth & postnatal doula, and a mum. I live in south-east London. 

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My academic research and teaching focuses on African American and Black British literature, and more broadly on race and empire. My book, The Cultural Memory of Africa in African American and Black British Fiction, 1970-2000, was published by Palgrave in 2016, and my articles have appeared in a range of scholarly journals. My writing has been called “boldly progressive” and “exhilarating”.

 

I teach Forrest Yoga, a challenging and exciting practice which also focuses on emotional healing. I also teach pregnancy and postnatal yoga, restorative (deep relaxation) yoga, and meditation.

 

I am a doula, offering support for birth and for the postnatal period. I am passionate about people's right to absolute wellbeing before, during and after having a baby. My yoga and doula clients find me “enlightened”, “welcoming”, and “inspirational”.

 

My passion, driving all my work, is for building resilience and strength of spirit in individuals and communities. Freedom of thought and belief; freedom in body and movement; and freedom to birth and parent with amazing support: those are the principles of my work.