The Heart and Hurt of Beauty

Rosemary Onyango

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Rosemary Onyango
Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, Illinois
United States

Rosemary Onyango teaches African American Studies at Eastern Illinois University. She has lived in Kenya and the USA. Her research interests include cultural studies, multicultural education, multiethnic literature and curriculum studies.

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The Heart and Hurt of Beauty

Rosemary Onyango

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We have parted company with the citadel of our bodies
By casting melanin out of our skin...

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skin bleaching; poetic reflections; Women of African Descent; Beauty

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JENdA: A Journal of Culture and African Women Studies. ISSN: 1530-5686 (online).
Editors: Nkiru Nzegwu; Book Editor: Mary Dillard.

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