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Selected works by OluTimehin Kukoyi

Image from the series First Generation by Carolina Arantes via The Correspondent

What Racism Really Is

Our obsession with racist attitudes can obscure the fact that racism is a system, devised to justify slavery, with a hierarchy that still defines the value of our lives today.

Published On: June 24, 2020
Published In: The Correspondent
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One Quiet Night

In the first instance, the child was not even his. I mean, there might’ve been an argument to be made for the fact of his having contributed something to its conception, maybe.

Published On: JULY 16, 2021
Published In: AFREADA
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Mothers and Men

“[This essay] walks the fine line between heartbreak and redemption, casting new light on questions of rape and secondary victimisation in ways that are new and important.” – The Gerald Kraak Prize

Published On: MAY 24, 2019

Published In: The Heart of the Matter’, a Jacana Media anthology

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