Playing his clarinet inside one of London’s most exclusive members’ clubs reminded him of the privilege the elites can enjoy, but also the illusive duality of his identity, as the echo of his clanging Ashanti beads around his wrist, the scent of shea butter and sandalwood oil immersed upon his mahogany brown skin, reminded him of his true African identity. Jesse Yaw takes us through his journey as a young black man, exploring the racial constructs of relationships and modern society.

With its destructive perceptions of class, race, truth, and equality, coloured by the trajectory of historical discrimination, and prejudiced western norms that have been embraced by the global community, Jesse seeks to explore the psychological impact that assimilation to westernised ideologies of beauty, governance, education, economy, law, class, and politics has on humanity. And what that consequently means for his self-determination.

He acknowledges that, for too long, negative perceptions have cast a dark shadow upon black lives and subdued black potential. For these destructive perceptions to be removed from the eyes, lips, minds, and hearts of the global village, the re-education of the human mind is central. Jesse deconstructs the subconscious voice of the human mind, and establishes the unaltered truth of who we really are.

Jesse Yaw’s upcoming new poetry release Silent Ebony explores Jesse Yaw’s most intimate, profound, collections of poetry and prose, which unravels and probes the most intricate and complex aspects of human nature, such as love, rejection, pain, trauma, faith, abuse, identity, war, relationships, family ties and pathology.

It also explores racial injustice, and trauma on black children from African civil wars, using a myriad of carefully woven tactile and visual imagery, using personification as a means to allow readers to draw close to his mind, spirit, and soul.

The collection of poetry serves as a sacred text, which provides healing, community, and an outpouring for the pure and fearless voices of those who are marginalized, and those who seek freedom. Providing a powerful and formidable social commentary on the state of modern society in a globalised world.