While moving around her city one day, she begins to lose sight of what’s real and fake, this begins to affect her emotionally and psychologically. Virago is about a young girl called Willow, after an incident with her stalker she begins to suffer from hallucinations. When my neighbour said, 'hello,' I wondered, 'Is he talking to me?' He said, 'Yes I'm talking to you!' So if the people here don't welcome you, it wouldn't be a story right now."Ĭlick the video above to meet Winifred Ohwoka and hear the story of Winnie and the Magic Masks. "When I got to Newfoundland, people here accepted me. "Newfoundland made it real, made the story come to pass," said Ohwoka. "But it's really about Black present, Black futures, and about how we need to be seen."Īs for Ohwoka, she says you can't separate her story from the place that allowed it to flourish - her "newfound home." "Some people will think Black History Month is about all the things that happened in the past," said Gooden. Author Rachelle Gooden says the stories are especially important to share during Black History Month. Hardcover and audiobook versions are also in the works. The collection, called Strong Women, Strong Communities, is available to download for free. Now Winnie and the Magic Masks is part of a new collection of children's stories, celebrating black women across Canada. Rachelle Gooden holds a copy of Strong Women, Strong Communities, a compilation featuring a short story she wrote about Winifred Ohwoka, called Winnie and the Magic Masks.
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