This White Female Ally Made My Black Life Matter
She gave me a once in a lifetime opportunity
The year was 1994, at the height of the war in former Yugoslavia, the Rwandan genocide, and the ensuing Great Lakes crisis. I had just finished my Bachelor of Arts degree in Mass Communications and Sociology and was looking for a job. I was fascinated by the work of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) — my mum had worked there for …
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