A gray house with the phrase “Black Legacies Matter” engraved on a side column sits along 24th avenue in the Central District. A staircase leads to the front door, each of the seven steps etched with lines from the Langston Hughes poem, “Mother to Son.” A wooden rocking chair rests on the porch, joining in an occasional sway with the white banner reading “Wa Na Wari” that hangs between strings of bulbed lights.
It means “Our Home” in Kalabari, an Ijo language of Nigeria. The fifth-generation household, once owned by Frank and Goldyne Wokoma, is now a “container for Black joy,” showcasing Black history and culture through art
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