THE PUBLICATION / ABOUT
A Private Theory of Power
On the body, the mind, and the world we inhabit.
An inquiry into
how we live.
A meal can hold memory. A song can return us to a place. A room can change how we rest. Our private lives are shaped by culture, bodies, relationships, and conditions we did not choose.
This publication follows those connections with curiosity, care, and an insistence on context.
NOTES ON THE
PUBLICATION
A life is more than
the sum of its routines.
The subjects we return to
01 / MIND & BODY
Psychology, emotional life, rest, nourishment, movement, and the many ways we experience and care for our bodies.
02 / CULTURE & MEMORY
Music, cultural knowledge, foodways, community, belonging, and the histories, personal and collective, that shape how we live today.
03 / RITUAL & MEANING
Spirituality, intuition, Ayurveda, healing traditions, and the practices that help us make sense of life in times of change and uncertainty.
How we
approach
the work
We draw from a wide range of knowledge, including culturally rooted African, Indigenous, and diasporic perspectives, lived experience, community wisdom, and contemporary research. We value nuance, context, and the complexity of human life.
We also engage with evidence-aware inquiry where it is useful, without claiming to scientifically prove traditions, beliefs, or lived knowledge.
Edited with the belief that ordinary life deserves serious attention.
LETTERS FROM
A PRIVATE THEORY
OF POWER
Occasional correspondence,
when there is something worth sharing.