Going Home to Where I Been

I revisit what was but I do not long for an American past or seek the romanticisms of a segregated ethnic enclave. I go home to places where I been for the same reasons all those people left my Aunt Fannie to be guardian of so many memories—to know I am, and we were.For more on A Colored Girl Speaks, please visit the website, www.andreahunter.com, and connect with me on Twitter @IamAndreaHunter and subscribe to this podcast.We also invite you to share your stories and meditations, and to ask for those stories not yet given.References, Resources, and CopyrightSometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child: Recognized as one of the most well-known Negro (African American) spirituals dating to the era of slavery in the United States. Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child (track 14)., performed by Odetta at Carnegie Hall, 1960. Courtesy of Concord Music Group.A Colored Girl Speaks Podcast Team:Andrea Hunter, Essayist and ProducerTiera Chiama Moore Narrator, Co-Producer and Vocal ArtistVernonia Thornton, AnnouncerJamonica Brown and Deanna Floyd, Production Assistants