Stories, Struggles, & Soul: What Our Ancestors Taught Us with V Efua Prince

Who gets to tell our story? From poetry to prose, this powerful conversation dives into the themes of family and the resilience of the human spirit. Discover how storytelling preserves culture.

V Efua Prince, author of Kin (2024), a winner of a 2025 Next Generation Indie Award and longlisted for the 2025 Carol Shields Prize for Fiction and co-author with Hoke Glover III of Crazy As Hell: The Best Little Guide to Black History (2024), sits down with Ann-Marie to talk about philosophy, history, poetry, and writing that is transformative. Her current work represents a refinement of themes she has been considering for more than 20 years, evident in Burnin’ Down the House (2005).

Prince is a professor of African American Studies at Wayne State University. She received her PhD from the University of Michigan in English Language and Literature, the Avalon Professor of Humanities at Hampton University, a visiting scholar at the University of Virginia’s Carter G. Woodson Institute, and a fellow at Harvard University’s W. E. B. Du Bois Center.

We explore the importance of language, dialect, and the power of literature to create community, inspire change, and pass wisdom across generations, reflecting on soul, resilience, and the stories that shape us.

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