How do you define what makes someone a Ghanaian? After living abroad for three decades, a writer finds her way back home to Ghana in search of answers. Read More
Contributor Audrey Lang pens a personal essay reflecting on her creative journey and how writing serves as liberation in the midst of this uncertain time. Read More
Founder of World Wide Curls Tamera Malik talks hair with black women travelers in Bali. Read More
Welcome to AYO, an international meeting place for black women.
Here at AYO, we share honest, relevant stories for smart, creative, engaged, black women. From Brooklyn to Bordeaux, Lagos to Laos, we aim to meet black women wherever they are in the world. Literally.
AYO was launched in 2016 by founder and editor-in-chief Adenike Olanrewaju.
AYO is a labor of love that we hope will be a wellspring of cultural examinations and celebration; a place where various kinds of the black woman can exist. In this space, there is joy.
So here’s to finding your joy. Wherever you are.
