Come Colour My Rainbow: Themes of Africana Womanism in the Poetic Vision of Audrey Kathryn Bullett

In a world in which blacks are men and women are white, African American women are frequently asked to choose sides: shall they be counted as blacks or women - they cannot be both it seems. However, according to Clenora Hudson-Weems, author of Africana Womanism: Reclaiming Ourselves, the choice was taken out of the hands of African American women by the attitudes and rhetoric of European women in the suffrage movement. In this essay, the authors examine Hudson-Weems's conceptualization of Africana Womanism as a convergence point for Afrocentricity and African American women's concerns. They identify the need for Africana Womanism within an Afrocentric context by analyzing the poetic works of Audrey Kathryn Bullett, a leader and activist of prominently African American resort community, and apply an Africana Womanist perspective to Bullett's lived experiences. The authors also offer some implications for contemporary Afrocentric thinkers.