Shika Mkono Wangu is an invitation: to reach in; to come closer; to think about the weight of touch – the ne line between instinct and intuition that brands touch as either taboo, or requisite. My South is someplace warm and complicated – it is this deep down South gut feeling that is my North Star.

Neema Githere is a writer and digital theorist currently based in New York City, by way of Nairobi. Neema is the Portal Curator at The Africa Center in Harlem, where she develops programming that connects Afro-diasporic communities in over 20 sites across the globe, live and full-body.