Beautiful You, Beautiful Me is a vibrantly illustrated picture book written by award-winning Inninewak (Cree) and Trinidadian author Tasha Spillett-Sumner. The book follows Izzy, a young Black girl who worries about the differences between her appearance and that of her mother – for example, Izzy’s skin is darker than her mother’s, and her mother has
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Hair and the ties that bind
Reflections on Afro-Indigenous identity, motherhood and the power of hair April 25, 2021
There are many people on the Prairies who identify as Afro-Indigenous/Black-Indigenous, holding ancestry of both North American Indigenous people and the African diaspora. For Tasha Spillett, becoming a mother was an opportunity to pass on shared teachings, heal broken ties and create new memories.
By Tasha Spillett, for CBC First Person
Hair and the ties that bind
Reflections on Afro-Indigenous identity, motherhood and the power of hair
There are many people on the Prairies who identify as Afro-Indigenous/Black-Indigenous, holding ancestry of both North American Indigenous people and the African diaspora. For Tasha Spillett, becoming a mother was an opportunity to pass on shared teachings, heal broken ties and create new memories.