Afua Hirsch: 'I was conforming to an idea of attractiveness not rooted in my culture'

Evening Standard 2023-10-18

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Afua Hirsch is exploring the effects of colonialism on Black bodies and beauty in her new book. This exclusive extract looks at how she refuses to be part of the whitewash.
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