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Afrilition: The blackness challenge, By Adéwálé Àjàdí

One of the most difficult things to address in writing Afrilition is addressing Blackness as an identity. An identity that many have died to assert and many live with through coercive and oppressive encounters.

Afrilition: The blackness challenge, By Adéwálé Àjàdí

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One of the most difficult things to address in writing Afrilition is addressing Blackness as an identity.

An identity that many have died to assert and many live with through coercive and oppressive encounters.

For many (including me), a settled position that determines self-love and affirmation.

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One of the most difficult things to address in writing Afrilition is addressing Blackness as an identity. An identity that many have died to assert and many live with through coercive and oppressive encounters. For many (including me), a settled position that determines self-love and affirmation.

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