1. The Coconut and the Chalkboard

What happens when a science teacher begins to hear voices - from chalkboards, from coconut trees, from ancestors who refuse to be silenced?

The Science of Smoke and Memory is a lyrical journey through classrooms, dreams, and spiritual reckonings. Blending magical realism, Indigenous knowledge, and critical pedagogy, this story follows Keoni, a Pasifika educator navigating the fractured terrain of colonial science education. As he challenges what counts as knowledge, he discovers that decolonization isn't a destination - it's a dance.

✨ For readers of bell hooks, Thomas King, and those who believe storytelling is resistance.
🏷 #decolonization #education #magicalrealism #ownvoices #identity #criticalpedagogy