Sisters

Two young black women, one wearing a navy hoodie, hair pulled back. The other with short curly hair, wearing a white flower-patterned blouse. She has her arm around the other.
Susan (R) & Sonia Hope (L), December 1988

Is a sister still a sister when her sister dies?*

Four & a half years older. A dedicated bank worker. A singer, a dancer. An expert bargain hunter. An animal lover. Faithful in her beliefs, faithful to people. Amused by absurdities. And really annoying when we were young. My sister used to introduce me to friends as, ‘This is my baby sister Sonia. She’s a writer.’

Sonia (left) & Susan, September 2019

Susan Hope Faminu died on 21 May 2023.

 

 

 

 

 

* paraphrasing Fatimah Ashgar, When we were Sisters, Guardian Review, 17 June 2023