Decolonising My Body : On Ancestry, Tradition and Cultural Reinvention

by Afua Hirsch

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Format Paperback / Softback

ISBN-10 1529954193

ISBN-13 9781529954197

Publisher Vintage Publishing

Imprint Vintage

Country of Manufacture GB

Country of Publication GB

Publication Date Feb 5th, 2026

Print length 240 Pages

Weight 200 grams

Dimensions 19.80 x 12.90 x 1.50 cms

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‘Exceptionally rich, inspiring, challenging’ Bernardine Evaristo | ‘Something on every page that you didn't know before’ Sathnam Sanghera | ‘Celebrates women how they are, as they are’ | Gillian AndersonOur bodies tell our story. This powerful global history of beauty by Sunday Times bestselling Brit(tish) author Afua Hirsch dismantles the colonial falsehoods that shape our sense of belonging and celebrates the pioneering stories and ideas of women from marginalised groups. ‘A remarkable journey to unlearn western beauty standards and explore ancestral skin, hair and body modification rituals’ Funmi Fetto, Observer‘A vital, challenging account of reassessing body image beyond the colonial, patriarchal gaze’ I newspaper‘A generous offering, and a joy filled testimony’ Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah, author of The Sex Lives of African Women

‘Exceptionally rich, inspiring, challenging’ Bernardine Evaristo | ‘Something on every page that you didn''t know before’ Sathnam Sanghera | ‘Celebrates women how they are, as they are’ | Gillian Anderson

Our bodies tell our story. This powerful global history of beauty by Sunday Times bestselling Brit(tish) author Afua Hirsch dismantles the colonial falsehoods that shape our sense of belonging and celebrates the pioneering stories and ideas of women from marginalised groups.

‘A remarkable journey to unlearn western beauty standards and explore ancestral skin, hair and body modification rituals’ Funmi Fetto, Observer

‘A vital, challenging account of reassessing body image beyond the colonial, patriarchal gaze’ I newspaper

‘A generous offering, and a joy filled testimony’ Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah, author of The Sex Lives of African Women

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