Personal essayPermission Granted: One Bottle to Appease the Gods
A reflection on womanhood, autonomy, culture, and the permissions society expects women to seek.
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Writing and poetry
Language as breath, record, research, and feeling.
Poetry, spoken word, essays, readings, commissioned writing, and public reflections from KKC and Keenah-Kay Chekwas.
Poetry and spoken word
The page where voice breathes freely.
KKC writes poetry, essays, and spoken word under Oyinkan Chekwas, Oyinkansola Onwuchekwa, and Keenah-Kay Chekwas, depending on the platform and context.
The work explores identity, womanhood, culture, faith, becoming, love, hurt, healing, resilience, and power.
The writing strand holds intimate reflection alongside public performance. It is a space for poems, essays, spoken pieces, cultural commentary, and writing that moves between personal truth and collective memory.
The work moves between sound, language, technology, and cultural memory.
Featured writing
Personal reflection, culture, music, and AI.
Three published starting points across the different names and platforms I write under.
Personal essay
Culture and technologyAI and the Fusion of Afrobeats and Western Music
How artificial intelligence can help examine musical exchange while keeping cultural history and identity in view.
Read on MediumResearch explainerBasics of Deep Learning in Music Analysis
An accessible introduction to pattern recognition, emotion analysis, genre classification, lyrics, and responsible AI in music.
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Writing and spoken word routes.
Spoken word performances
Readings, showcases, cultural events, university events, community gatherings, and curated performance moments.
Watch a spoken word performanceCommissioned poems
Original poems for events, campaigns, ceremonies, cultural projects, creative collaborations, and personal milestones.
View a commissioned write-upPanels and workshops
Conversations and sessions on writing, identity, culture, voice, healing, creativity, and the bridge between art and research.
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Writing and spoken word
Commission a reading, poem, or written work.
For performances, cultural projects, editorial work, workshops, and personal commissions.
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