Decolonising My Body: A radical exploration of rituals and beauty

How do we determine what is beautiful? Whose standards are we trying to meet when we spend our hard-earned money on our haircare, skincare and makeup; where do they come from, and how can we learn to undo them?

Upon getting her first tattoo at 40 years old, award-winning journalist Afua Hirsch embarked on a journey to reclaim her body from the colonial ideas of purity, adornment and aging she - and many of us - absorbed while growing up. Informed by research from around the world, Afua will...