Decolonising My Body

'Celebrates women how they are, as they are' GILLIAN ANDERSON
'There's something on every page of this book that you didn't know before' SATHNAM SANGHERA
'Brave and honest' ELIF SHAFAK

A global exploration of ancestral beauty practices by the Sunday Times-bestselling author of Brit(ish)

OUR BODIES TELL OUR STORY.

This powerful global history of beauty by the Sunday Times-bestselling author of Brit(ish) Afua Hirsch dismantles the colonial falsehoods that shape our sense of belonging and celebrates the pioneering stories and ideas of women from marginalised groups.

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‘Intimate’ GUARDIAN
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