We Could Fly

Rhiannon Giddens co-founded the Grammy Award-winning traditional African American string band the Carolina Chocolate Drops and has been nominated for numerous additional Grammys as a soloist and collaborator. A musician, singer, songwriter, actor, librettist and MacArthur Fellow, her many roles and honours include serving as artistic director of Silkroad and performing for the Obamas at the White House. The author of Build a House, illustrated by Monica Mikai, Rhiannon Giddens lives in Ireland.Briana Mukodiri Uchendu is an illustrator, visual development artist, and first-generation Nigerian-American. Her new and forthcoming books include The Talk by Newbery Honor winner Alicia D. Williams, Soul Step by New York Times best-selling author Jewell Parker Rhodes and Kelly McWilliams and Night Market by Seina Wedlick. Briana Mukodiri Uchendu lives in Texas, USA.

A celebration of love, resilience and the spiritual power of tradition and shared cultural memory.