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It follows her #childhood in #Jamaica, raised by a strict #Rastafai #father, the potential escape that a nascent #career in #modeling might have offered her, and the foreclosed possibility when her father forbade her from #cutting her #dreadlocks.
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https://www.vogue.com/article/safiya-sinclair-nicole-dennis-benn-interview
Safiya Sinclair's Memoir Is a “Love Letter to Jamaica” That Doesn't Turn Away From Its Scars
The author speaks with fellow Jamaican writer Nicole Dennis-Benn about her new work. "In Jamaica," Sinclair says, "we have this idea of 'Keep your family secrets to yourself' and also 'Keep your nation’s secrets to yourself.'"