Meet Sikivu
Sikivu Hutchinson is a Black feminist, novelist, playwright and director. She is the author of The Roar of Distant Engines (2023), The Rock ‘n’ Roll Heretic (2021), Humanists in the Hood: Unapologetically Black, Feminist, and Heretical (2020), White Nights, Black Paradise (2015), Moral Combat: Black Atheists, Gender Politics, and the Values Wars (2011), and Imagining Transit: Race, Gender, and Transportation Politics in Los Angeles (2003). Moral Combat is the first book on atheism to be published by an African-American woman. In 2013 she was named Secular Woman of the year and in 2020 she was a recipient of the Harvard Humanist of the Year award.
Sikivu Hutchinson is an American feminist, novelist, playwright and director. She is the author of The Rock ‘n’ Roll Heretic (2021), Humanists in the Hood: Unapologetically Black, Feminist, and Heretical (2020), White Nights, Black Paradise (2015), Moral Combat: Black Atheists, Gender Politics, and the Values Wars (2011), and Imagining Transit: Race, Gender, and Transportation Politics in Los Angeles (2003). Moral Combat is the first book on atheism to be published by an African-American woman. In 2013 she was named Secular Woman of the year and in 2020 she was a recipient of the Harvard Humanist of the Year award.
The Kinderness Play Receives “Relentless Award” Honorable Mention
Sikivu’s speculative fiction play “The Kinderness” is among the Honorable Mentions for the 2026 Relentless Award given by The American Playwrighting Foundation. The play was among 45 selected from over two thousand applicants. According to the American Playwrighting Foundation: “Of all the many hundreds of plays that each of our
#Standing4BlackGirls Community Action to End Rape Culture & Sexual Violence
According to the Black Women’s Blueprint, a majority of Black girls have experienced sexual abuse by the age of 18. Nationwide, Black girls have some of the highest rates of sexual and domestic violence victimization relative to white girls and other girls of color. From 2003 to 2019, suicide rates of Black
Alpha Centauri Named Best Short Film at the Black August Film Festival!
On August 19th, my film “Alpha Centauri”, which centers a college-bound Black foster girl experiencing and overcoming sex trafficking through friendship, self-determination and self-love, was screened at the Black August Film Festival, produced by the Pasadena African American Film Foundation. “Black August is an annual commemoration and prison-based holiday that honors freedom
Sikivu on the Humanism Ireland podcast
In June, Sikivu was featured on the Humanism Ireland podcast hosted by Megan Young of the Humanist Association of Ireland. Sikivu discussed her work with the Women’s Leadership Project, gender-based violence prevention, LGBTQIA+ rights and queer-affirming education, as well as Black feminist humanist praxis and activism. https://rss.com/podcasts/humanismireland/
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Rock ‘n’ Roll Heretic: The Life and Times of Rory Tharpe
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White Nights, Black Paradise
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Humanists in the Hood: Unapologetically Black, Feminist, and Heretical (Humanism in Practice)
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Godless Americana: Race and Religious Rebels
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Moral Combat: Black Atheists, Gender Politics, and the Values Wars
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Imagining Transit: Race, Gender, and Transportation Politics in Los Angeles (Travel Writing Across the Disciplines)
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The Roar of Distant Engines and Other Stories
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