Emancipating yourself from Mental Slavery w/ Dr Shauna Knox

This week, Leanne sits down with Dr. Shauna Knox to talk about her book "Engaging Currere Toward Decolonization: Negotiating Black Womanhood through Autobiographical Analysis"

This love letter to Black Women explores the colonisation of Black Caribbean Women as the subconscious and coerced conformity to white standards and norms; the gradual loss of self through abandonment of language, hairstyles, consumption of white knowledge, and performing to the pressures of the White gaze for the sake of gaining privilege.

Dr Knox outlines the journey of actively dismantling the psychological, affective, and material impact of colonization, through to finding a space of authenticity and accessing the fullness of yourself.

Trust us, everyone needs to read this book.

Instagram: @iamshaunaknox

You can get the book at: This week, Leanne sits down with Dr Shauna Knox to discuss her new book, "Engaging Currere Toward Decolonization: Negotiating Black Womanhood through Autobiographical Analysis"

This love letter to Black Women explores the subconscious and coerced colonization of Black Caribbean Women, through the sharing of Shauna's personal experiences of migration, patois, growing of locs, and negotiating Blackness in white spaces.

Together, Leanne and Shauna discuss the process of decolonising yourself from the confines of Whiteness through recognition and reflection and gradually dismantling the psychological, affective, and material impact of colonization through to a space of authenticity and finding your complete self.

Trust us, you need to read this book.

Instagram: @iamshaunaknox

You can get the book at: https://www.foyles.co.uk/witem/education/engaging-currere-toward,shauna-knox-9781032066424

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