Emerging Artist (Selected by d’bi.young anitafrika)

Sashoya Simpson is a Jamaican-born storyteller whose wings have been nurtured within the arms of elders and young ones who mentor her directly and indirectly. Her artistic work embodies Caribbean folklore knowledge and cultural practices through theatre performance, storytelling and literary art. The stories she tells are for her nieces, nephews and future children to see themselves being represented and to keep traditions alive. Her stage play, Lulu, is currently in development and her Picture Book stories, The Instrument Maker and Kimone’s Music have both been recently shortlisted for the CANSCAIP Writing for Children Competition.

“I speak so it can be heard.

I create so it can be seen.

I teach so it can be passed on.”