AUTHOR INTERVIEW A little introduction: Hi, I'm Abena Sankofa, the author of Up North, and the daughter of two old-school, ivy-league-educated Jamaican parents who made my sister and I begin thinking too early. 😂 Everything became our library—eventually including some of Mum’s college anthropology books! Tallahasseean by birth, Jamaican by parentage, I’m a millennial, and a huge fan of classic jazz and reggae, historical fiction, vintage fashions, and comfort food. And I look forward to travelling to places I’ve never been all around the world. When did your love of books begin? As early as I remember, my parents used to read picture books to my sister and me. My Mum tells me that even before I could read, I would spend the time while listening to the stories, silently tracing the letters on the side of our storage boxes. I've always loved calligraphy, and how the fonts we choose make us feel about the words they design. Soon enough, my sister and I were helping...
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