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Foregrounding voices of colour
Désirée Wariaro is a Swedish – Kenyan – Finnish copywriter and freelance writer, whose writing has appeared in newstatesman.com and This Recording. She studied English and comparative literature at the University of Toronto and The University of East Anglia. Her obsessions are literary fiction, revolutions, as well as the black girl’s place in popular culture and beyond.
by Désirée Wariaro In the autumn of 2001, photos of the stoned, dirty-looking white guys in the Strokes are plastered across my bedroom wall and I brag about getting great tickets to see their sold out show. In art class the TV is on mute while we paint and glance with teenaged disbelief at the… Read More
In a vivid and sometimes playful account, cultural critic and ‘master code-switcher’ Désirée Wariaro explores racial mixedness. ‘ Ontological doubt’ is a constant companion for the ‘tragic mulatto’ when ‘much of the world is blind to the inherent genius of the way my body dissects and pollutes tradition.’ “Love is a battle, love is a war; love is a growing up.” James… Read More
by Désirée Wariaro People have been walking out of Kenya since forever. The desire to thrive informed both the first hominids and my Dad’s decision to leave his homeland. I don’t know how many Swedes you’ve met, but chances are they aren’t all of the blonde and blue-eyed variety. I’m a Swede, although my blue-black… Read More
