Tiana's lens

With the earth rotating approximately once every twenty-four hours, it is easy for us to get swamped by different things.

Wonderful stories from Sierra Leone are missed, quick-fix solutions are missed, and reviews of things you didn’t know you needed from Sierra Leone and Africa as a whole are missed.

Hello. I’m Yatiana — a writer, researcher, creative, feminist, and facilitator with roots in Sierra Leone and stories that stretch far beyond.

I’ve spent years teaching, advocating, and dreaming at the intersection of knowledge and justice. I believe in the quiet power of words, in political truths wrapped in softness, and in creating space for thought and feeling to live side by side.

Tiana’s Lens is my way of paying attention — to the world, to memory, and to the questions that won’t let us go.

You’re welcome here. Stay as long as you like.