Skin Keeper - a podcast by Oluwasola Olowo-Ake
from 2022-08-05T07:00:57
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"I wish I told her that the charcoal melanin oceans that flooded her body and filled it to the brim
were a reflection of the dignity bestowed on it."
Bleaching was very popular when I was growing up. I won't say that I saw people bleach their skin on a regular basis but it was definitely something I came in contact with from time to time. A particular experience I witnessed in secondary school inspired me to write this poem.
'Skin Keeper' holds words that I would have loved to say back then but did not have the courage to.
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