Centuries of colonization have lead many people in Latin America to grow up without knowing their African ancestry. But now, that's finally changing. TheMelaninEdit
, a platform in which Allure will explore every facet of a melanin-rich life — from the most innovative treatments for hyperpigmentation to the social and emotional realities — all while spreading Black pride.
Here, we introduce five of them: five lives marked by both ancient and contemporary struggles, who are experiencing the joy of reconnecting with their identity.Alejandra Robles is an African-Mexican singer from Oaxaca. "I've devoted many years to studying the roots and history of music ─ one of them being the African tradition. I grew up not knowing that I was an Afro-descendant myself, but when I read the studies of Gonzalo Aguirre Beltrán, I understood.
Waquel Drullard has tried to walk away from labels like gay or homosexual that come with a colonized anthropologic charge. marika Waquel inhabits a Black, fighting, racialized body. They walk the streets aware of their Afro heritage and celebrate being abecause, for them, it's their revenge. They want to decontextualize the Black body. "When a society prioritizes certain bodies over others, it's important for me to choose to call myself Black, half-blood, racialized. I fight beauty standards and social order. If I don't define myself, it is not because society says so; it's because I don’t want to.
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