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Nicole Dennis-Benn on growing up with colourism in Jamaica
Nicole Dennis-Benn on growing up with colourism in Jamaica
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35 minutes
Released:
Nov 5, 2020
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Podcast episode
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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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Nov 5, 2020
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