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Amuna WagnerJul 11, 20174 minColour BlindnessAt the age of 11 my best friend told me that to her, I was not black. “I don’t even see it”, she said, convinced that she was doing me a...
Amarachi IhekeJul 7, 20174 minReclaiming Spaces and Identity Through LiteratureI make no secret of the fact that books were my first love. My relationship with literature was in some senses about escapism. I sought...
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