Cornbread just so happens to be one

of the food-medicines both my native n’

black folk share in common.

Though it has been called by many

names, Bvnaha, Shawnee cake, Hoecake,

Fry bread, Hushpuppies, etc.

Cooked in different ways,

but cornbread through

and through.

Way back from ever since native

peoples been cultivating, harvesting and

paying respect to selu, maize, corn

(check the 3sistas diagram).

My Cherokee ancestors used to level up

they batter by adding chestnuts,

sunflower seeds, berries or beans,

prolly where I get the inkling to stack

my cornbread.

Shoot to thousands of years later, my

enslaved African ancestors, using the

“scraps” the colonizers allowed,

An what we do?

Made Soul Food.

So it’s only right & fittin’ that I use this

versatile staple as the base for my

various toppings & fillings,

on some fubu food-medicine.