In Wolf’s Skin

In Wolf’s Skin opens with a firm rejection - Crowds denies a white saviourist lens and speaks firmly to validate Black racialised experiences. Alongside its sibling poems, Crowds plays with perception, aspiration and (be)longing in a racialised world. The pamphlet begins by articulating experiences of being born into an unkind world and what it means to be loved and love in it.

Farukuoye then invites the reader to reflect on internalised values and beliefs. Previously guided to look outward to see what’s happening on a societal level, Farukuoye casts a stern, perhaps critical look inward, interrogating the self. Finally, the pamphlet leads to come together to love, queer, dream and manifest a better world. Contemplating power and heritage, In Wolf’s Skin offers a means to articulate the realities of our colonial legacies. This pamphlet is a memorandum of strength, fierceness and love, speaking to the importance of taking a chance at standing for a world you want to live in.

A love letter to Black women, and all of us of marginalised identities and our allies, as we continue to collectively raise our voices for liberation. This pamphlet weaves heritage, culture and language across central and northern Europe from Scotland, Austria and Norway reaching to West Africa, namely Nigeria and Cameroon providing space for multilingualism, multi-tradition and -heritage lives, identities and forms of being beyond any expected norm.