Wayna

Thank you Marea and the for this 2026 Social Songbird Icon Award at the 2nd annual Caribbean and African Women of Impact Honors🙏🏾👑

I am so deeply moved by every honoree who poured out their hearts on stage, sharing the losses and challenges that led to this high point and the why behind their passions and persistence.

Thank you to my my dearest friends and and my cousin who celebrated this day w me. You are those people in my life, who are equally there in the lowest and highest moments. I love you just as unconditionally, and we are on this ride for life!!💕🫶🏾🤍

Thank you to my sister stylist for magically doing what you always do and making me feel special and supported in every space. I love you sis!

So proud to be part of the CAWI sisterhood now and look forward to building w every previous, fellow, and new inductee! Congrats Marea and all the honorees👑🍾👑

It was the but we took it to church ⛪️ Thank you for leading the way.

Thank you 👑 Shirikiana and for gathering us together to celebrate your latest film and for being the mentors, truth tellers, and uncompromising revolutionary artists you are.

Thank you to my sistars .mesfin for making this show a truly family affair. I love you so very much. And love to High Sis Mama Laini Mataka for your powerful poems and presence.

To the incomparable we are family now. May this be just the beginning. Thank you for your vision and for making this connection and all the magic that followed happen.

Thanks to everyone who packed the Lincoln Theater to support — a powerful new documentary exploring Ethiopia’s resistance to Italian colonialism. Let’s keep supporting these triumphant stories and the fearless filmmakers who tell them🙏🏾🖤