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Nicole Dennis-Benn on growing up with colourism in Jamaica

Nicole Dennis-Benn on growing up with colourism in Jamaica

FromGrowing up with gal-dem


Nicole Dennis-Benn on growing up with colourism in Jamaica

FromGrowing up with gal-dem

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Length:
35 minutes
Released:
Nov 5, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Author of incredible novels ‘Here Comes the Sun’ and ‘Patsy’, Jamacian born writer Nicole Dennis Benn joins us this week to discuss colourism. A topic that she’s previously explored in both of her novels, Nicole reads an extract from an article she wrote on the colourism she was exposed to as a child. Having been witness to the glorification of skin bleaching in Jamaica, Nicole speaks on the long lasting impact of absorbing negative views about dark-skin, how writing has helped her heal and her hopes for dark-skinned black girls growing up today.
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Released:
Nov 5, 2020
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Welcome to gal-dem's first ever podcast, Growing up with gal-dem. Over the course of the series Liv Little and Charlie Brinkhurst Cuff invite a different guest to respond to old diary entries, text messages, or letters from their younger selves - nurturing important conversations about growing up.