Plantain Papers
Plantain Papers is a publication with one mission: celebrate and connect stories and people across the global Black and Brown diaspora.
My co-founders and I created Plantain Papers to be participatory, inclusive, rich and multiplicitous.
It exists to pass the mic and give voice to those who aren’t always given opportunity to share their truth.
Coffee table book in quality and feel, yet designed to be used and owned (pocket-sized, with inserts, pullouts, and spaces for people to write/edit/insert themselves in the pages), Plantain Papers was made for all audiences - whether “plantain eaters” or not, to see - or find - themselves within the diverse, unfiltered, and deeply personal storytelling.
We independently produced and released three sold out editions of the publication from 2018-2022. As well as producing a successful Kickstarter Campaign, getting placed in various bookshops around the world, including MoMA PS1.
Perhaps most importantly though, we curated a space in which stories from Ghana, Detroit, Jamaica, Mumbai, Sudan, Brooklyn, the UK, and beyond shared pages - and got copies into hands and hearts of readers worldwide.
Plantain Papers is currently available to be enjoyed in digital archive form.
Check out Plantain Papers
Read Plantain Papers x A Vibe Called Tech - Folklore Edition (hosted by WePresent)
The Team
Co-Founders, Creative Directors & Editors-In-Chief
Lemara Lindsay-Prince
Tamika Abaka-Wood
Tahirah Edwards-Byfield
Lead Designer
Andreas Brooks
Designer (Issue 001)
Kara-Jessica Mallett
And an entire village of contributors, collaborators and makers across Issues 001-003, our WePresents FolkLore Issue with A Vibe Called Tech, our social and partnerships.
(Too many to name, but much gratitude given)
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Excerpt from Issue 003 (Still Edition)
A meditation on grief during the Pandemic, 2020