Awazi Angbalaga
Growing up my parents were very conscious about the kind of things we were exposed to, I really hated how extra my mum was about what we watched, read, who I was allowed to spend time with and how much time was I allowed with those people.
In hindsight I am grateful to my mum for being that protective of me and shutting down unkind comments about her children as soon as she caught them regardless of if it made her look bad in our school, in the neighborhood or even in the church and for always saying kind beautiful things to us because there I was a happy cute dark skinned chubby kid with natural hair just living her best life.
It was not until I became a teenager that I became super self-conscious about my appearance and I started getting affected when people…
Read More…..Guardian Newspapers
