Serlina Boyd struggled to find a magazine for her young daughter that celebrated Black culture. With extra time on their hands during lockdown, they created one together.
— Lin Taylor, Thompson Reuters Foundation News
LONDON, Nov 12 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – All Serlina Boyd wanted when Britain first went into lockdown this spring was a magazine that kept her six-year-old daughter Faith entertained, away from digital screens, and above all, feeling good about her British-Jamaican heritage.
To her surprise, nothing fit the bill.
“It was really important for me that whatever I was putting in front of my daughter had some sort of representation because she wasn’t liking what she looked like, her hair. She experienced some bullying in school,” Boyd said.
Featured Image, Serlina Boyd and her daughter Faith pose for a photo, 13 September 2020. Photo supplied by Serlina Body
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