Zami
[ˈzɑː.mi]Meaning
a Carriacou name for women who work together as friends and lovers
Background Story
Zami is a Carriacou name for women who work together as friends and lovers. Carriacou is the Caribbean island from which Audre Lorde's mother emigrated, and Lorde used the name as the title of her 1982 biomythography, Zami: A New Spelling of My Name.
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