"How Beautiful We Were" by Imbolo Mbue
| Author(s) | Imbolo Mbue |
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Trigger Warnings
• child death (by sickness, by violence)
• state violence (massacres, executions, including by hanging)
• sexual abuse and assault (child sexual abuse, exploitative sexual relationships, rape as an interrogation and intimidation tactic, compromised bodily autonomy)
• related: multiple references to relationships and marriages with significant age gaps, often with young women implied or stated to be underage (most presented as culturally normalized)
• references to infidelity
• parental, spouse, otherwise familial death (multiple instances)
• ecological catastrophe and environmental racism
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