Advocate

Nearing 40, Lennina Ofori is stepping back to look at a life marginalised. Far more than a story of race, class, or womanhood, A Word from The Margins is part memoir, part essay largely based upon Lennina Ofori's personal experiences within the margins of society. We take in key moments of Ofori's life, starting out as a naive, pregnant 16-year-old, becoming an entrepreneur, and eventually wife and mum-of-five, living in Berlin. She speaks openly about the peaks and troughs of life beyond that normally exposed in memoir, about molestation, the fear of parenting, being involved with the wrong people, being set free, making it out of the margins yet still identifying with it and teetering in and out.