A Conversation with Mónica Macías, Author of BLACK GIRL FROM PYONGYANG: In Search of My Identity

Join our host Sarah Ladipo Manyika as she sits down with Mónica Macías—daughter of Equatorial Guinea's first president—to discuss her memoir, BLACK GIRL FROM PYONGYANG: In Search of My Identity. In this captivating episode, Mónica shares her extraordinary upbringing in North Korea under the guardianship of its founding leader, Kim Il-Sung, and her subsequent journey across cultures. Mónica offers nuanced perspectives on her father’s complex legacy, challenges prevailing stereotypes, and reflects on navigating multiple identities. Don’t miss this thought-provoking conversation that bridges cultures and invites us to reconsider our preconceptions about history and identity.

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TRANSITION ON THE WIRE is the podcast of TRANSITION MAGAZINE, the historic literary and cultural magazine of the African Diaspora, born in postcolonial Africa in the sixties and bred in the US under the aegis of the Hutchins Center for African and African American Research at Harvard. Please visit us at: https://transitionmagazine.fas.harvard.edu/