Ehi Ogwiji, Author at midnight & indigo https://www.midnightandindigo.com/author/ehi-ogwiji-i/ A Home for Black Women Writers Wed, 13 Nov 2024 23:59:07 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1 https://i0.wp.com/www.midnightandindigo.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/unnamed-file.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Ehi Ogwiji, Author at midnight & indigo https://www.midnightandindigo.com/author/ehi-ogwiji-i/ 32 32 153713158 American Wonder: Notes on Cultural shock, Culinary delight, and Unexpected friendship https://www.midnightandindigo.com/american-wonder/ Wed, 13 Nov 2024 05:00:05 +0000 https://www.midnightandindigo.com/?p=79481 I took the longest strides of my life during my first winter in America. Race-walking in between classes as my nostrils felt slithering pain at every inhalation and exhalation. When I packed up everything— my belongings that could fit in two suitcases— no one told me to bring the familiar smell of home or hug my mother long enough to go months without an affectionate touch. I think of my two 46kg suitcases as the ball of soil a seedling carries from the nursery bed to its permanent site. The ball of soil falls off grain by grain and your

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