Lenora Helm Hammonds aka Lenora Zenzalai Helm Lenora Zenzalai Helm Durham, NC I sing, I compose, teach, I write. l am the ancestral daughter of slaves. of healers, of survivors, of dreamers who were entrepreneurs and sage leaders. 1 am a stepmom, godmother, auntie-mom. grandmother, great-grandma, Wife, Sibling, Aunt, Friend, Woman, Human. I am a Chicago born, Creole descended, Afro-Carolina, 20th Century woman living on land originally inhabited by the Eno and Occanneechi band of the Saponi Nation. My work is as a musician, composer, educator, researcher and administrator. A creative alchemist who expresses herself being a Sensual, Loving. Lighthouse. I am Journeywoman.