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Being born to a Black family, particularly one made up of women in places like America which, despite its multicultural gaze, has treated Black lives with contempt is both a blessing and a hard slog. A smooth path made sticky by expectations and a weighty pressure to just be something. Black women’s resilience, Judith Worrell argues, foregrounds social ties by enflaming newfound barriers due to its contact with criminal legal systems, inducing bouts of trauma. And she’s right. The vicious cycle of portraying Black women in fashion, culture and society has a history, which strictly entwines with the media’s commentary: Typical stereotypes range from them over-reacting in times of joy, obese characters in Nollywood, Nigeria’s lucrative film industry, are deemed as “mammy water” who diabolically lure men for wealth and love, to frantic housewives. ....