DR. TERERAI TRENT

Winner of the 2017 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work—Instructional
Through  one incredible woman’s journey from a child bride in a small Zimbabwe  village to one of the world’s most recognizable voices in women’s  empowerment and education, this manifesto inspires women to pursue their  sacred dreams through nine essential lessons brought forth from ancient  African wisdom.

Before Tererai Trent landed on Oprah’s stage as  her “favorite guest of all time,” she was a woman with a forgotten  dream. As a young girl in a cattle-herding village in Zimbabwe, she  dreamed of receiving an education but instead was married young and by  eighteen, without a high school graduation, she was already a mother of  three. Tererai encountered a visiting American woman who assured her  that anything was possible, reawakening her sacred dream. Tererai  planted her dreams deep in the earth and prayed they would grow. They  did, and now not only has she earned her PhD but she has also built  schools for girls in Zimbabwe, with funding from Oprah. The Awakened Woman: Remembering & Reigniting Our Sacred Dreams is her accessible, intimate, and evocative guide that teaches nine  essential lessons to encourage all women to reexamine their dreams and  uncover the power hidden within them—power that can recreate our world  for the better.
 

Tererai points out that there is a massive,  untapped, global resource in women who have, for one reason or another,  set aside their wisdom, their skills, and their dreams in order to take  care of the personal business of their lives. Not only is this a type of  invisible suffering experienced by countless women, this rich resource  is a secret weapon for improving our world. Women have the capacity to  inspire, to create, to transform—and Tererai’s call to action will  awaken hearts, give permission to recapture dreams, and provide the  tools to forge a brighter path for all. This is the movement of Sacred  Sisters.