Decolonising My Body : On Ancestry, Tradition and Cultural Reinvention
Decolonising My Body : On Ancestry, Tradition and Cultural Reinvention
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Author(s): Hirsch, Afua
ISBN No.: 9781529954197
Pages: 240
Year: 202602
Format: UK-B Format Paperback (Trade Paper)
Price: $ 24.05
Dispatch delay: Dispatched between 7 to 15 days
Status: Available (Forthcoming)

Exceptionally rich, inspiring, challenging, wise and moving . I didn't realise I needed this book until I read it and felt stirrings towards my own ancestral awakening of African female cultural beliefs and practices that were sadly long ago lost to the colonial project. This is a ground-breaking book that speaks to all women.-- Bernardine Evaristo, author of 'Girl, Woman, Other' There's something on every page of this book that you didn't know before , or makes you look at things a new. An important publication.--Sathnam Sanghera, author of 'Stolen History' and 'Empireland' Decolonising my Body is both a generous offering, and a joy filled testimony. Afua skilfully pulls us into her world, and generously allows us to accompany her on a journey of questioning and unpacking notions of beauty. This exploration lights a path for all people who seek to (re)connect with more expansive understandings of beauty.


--Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah, author of 'The Sex Lives of African Women' Afua has cut through so much of the noise to provide an enlightening and necessary reflection on how we can learn from the wisdom and beauty of our ancestors to become spiritually healthier humans. This book is a knowledge gift to us all.-- Naomi Evans, author of 'The Mixed Race Experience', co-Founder of Everyday Racism The journalist, commentator and author of Brit(ish) reflects on twelve months radical unlearning of Eurocentric and patriarchal conventions of beauty in this powerful a nd challenging volume.-- Waterstones, 'Best Books of 2023: Politics' A remarkable journey to unlearn western beauty standards and explore ancestral skin, hair and body modification rituals.--Funmi Fetto, Observer Disarmingly honest. quietly radical -- Evening Standard Praise for Brit(ish) : Highly personal and yet instantly universal, this is a book that millions will instantly relate to. The book for our divided and dangerous times.-- David Olusoga, author of 'Black and British' Praise for Brit(ish) : A warm, informative and occasionally heart-wrenching blend of personal and political and the messiness between the two'-- Nikesh Shukla, author of 'The Good Immigrant'.



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