The Storytellers of BitterSweet have wide-ranging conversations and share stories on many topics, and we imagine that our readers and guest contributors will expand the exchange with new topics and themes. Our stories touch on all periods in U.S. history, from the arrival of Europeans and then of enslaved Africans in North America in the colonial period, right up to the present, and take place in regions all over the country and the globe. The characters we write about come from many walks of life, in stories of work, family life, creative endeavor and spiritual tradition. The legacy of the relationships of bondage and vastly unequal power emerges regularly and has moved many of us to take action toward justice, healing, truth-telling and peace-making. Together and separately, we are on journeys of research, learning, connection and transformation, full of surprises, joys, frustrations, fears, uncertainties and fulfillment.
Prinny Anderson
As the five times great niece of an enslaved woman and the four times great granddaughter of the enslaved woman’s half-sister and enslaver, Prinny’s identity is shaped by connections to her linked ancestors and linked descendants. There are enslavers among all the branches of her family, including those from the North. Her commitment to helping people face their own connections to slavery and its legacies, and to become engaged in dismantling systemic racism in the U.S. arises from those family connections. Prinny is a founding member of Coming to the Table, of the CTTT Linked Descendants Working Group, and of the blog, BitterSweet: Linked Through Slavery. She is one of the coordinators of a CTTT affiliate in the Triangle area of NC. Prinny is retired from a career in international leadership education, executive coaching, and organizational consulting, and the author of six books in those fields.