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I have lived in the Midwestern United States for more than two decades. My formative years impacted my decision to be a DEIJ practitioner and my compulsion to write. As a child, I suffered from many insecurities about my skin color, facial features, and hair texture. Not until my teens did I see someone who looked like me in a book. Beyond books, the myriad of media messages did not help the issue. Commercials, magazines, radio ads, and billboards bombarded my impressionable mind with flashy images and the constantmessage that to be beautiful, I had to have long, flowing hair, thin lips, and fair skin. These messages impacted my psyche and sense of self as a person of color because I never saw girls who looked like me. Today, only 8% of children\u2019s books have main characters of color, yet about 50% of children in the USA are of color. Furthermore, only four percent of all books published are about people of African heritage (Lee &#038; Low, 2015). The narrative must change! I call myself the \u201cLion\u2019s Historian\u201d in reference to the quote by famed African author, Chinua Achebe: \u201cUntil the lions have their own historians, the tale of the hunt will always glorify the hunter.\u201d For centuries, the hunters\u2019 tales have been exalted and are still being extolled. To fill this void, I will create children\u2019s history books that retell the stories of our African ancestors. Internalized racism and colorism stem from mainstream beauty standards that exclude and marginalize people of color. The pressure that children feel to conform to mainstream beauty standards impacts their self-esteem, leading them to use dangerous chemicals like perms and bleaching creams to become \u201cbeautiful.\u201d I live by the motto: \u201cRepresentation Matters.\u201d To see people who look like you makes you feel included, that you belong. Thus, such historical representations in a children\u2019s book can cast a new narrative and inspire a positive sense of self, wholeness, and well-being. It can unleash a person\u2019s potential, possibilities, and purpose. To that end, I am compelled to write these children\u2019s books. My hope is that as people, especially children see themselves in books, it can inculcate in them self-love, educate them on their heritage, and glorify a diverse, inclusive, and equitable portrayal of our ancestors. Without question, the books we read and the images we see have a tremendous influence on how we perceive ourselves and the world around us. Therefore, imagine the kind of impact stories featuring people who look like us can have on our children. Indeed, they can inspire and empower all of us. Amazon Letitia deGraft Okyere Letitia deGraft Okyere was inspired in 2016 to research the Third Republic of Ghana, a forgotten period in the history of the nation. The outcome was the novel, The First Vice President: A Biography J.W.S. de Graft-Johnson, published by MacSwain in 2022. Letitia extended her appreciation of historical personalities and the contributions each made to his (or her) world by writing children\u2019s historical biographies of people of African descent. She published El\u00e9ni of Ethiopia: The Wise Empress, King Ghartey IV: Innovative 19 th Century Merchant, and Phillis Wheatley: Pioneer African American Poet in 2021 through Lion\u2019s Historian Press. Letitia, a proud alumna of the University of Leeds, U.K., continues to search the annals of life for stirring stories of men and women of the past. Letitia lives with her family in Arkansas, the Natural State of the USA, where she works as a public health administrator in state government.","thumbnail_url":"http:\/\/lionshistorian.sitecomb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Rosemond-Owens-2.png"}