Victoria Akanga

Victoria Akanga

Victoria Akanga is a Ugandan born, Swedish raised, English Law Graduate with a passion for black women’s rights and visibility. She writes for one of our partner: Untold Stories, a non-profit project of the non-profit organization Kalityfonden.

What I wish they had told me: reconciling my black identity with my white Western surrounding

Victoria Akanga

13/07/2016

I wish growing up that someone had told me that it is okay that I will never be the norm. That in my half hearted attempts to be part of the norm the inevitable “failure” of looking, acting, thinking and behaving like the norm was not...