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“Black fatherhood is definitely something we don’t see enough”
Candice Brathwaite wants to see black fatherhood positively uplifted in film, TV and books
  1. “Black fatherhood is definitely something we don’t see enough”
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    “Black fatherhood is definitely something we don’t see enough”
  2. "Audiobooks on the walk - tick!"
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    "Audiobooks on the walk - tick!"
  3. "I didn't realise how quietly rebellious I was being"
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    "I didn't realise how quietly rebellious I was being"
  4. "It was an all-consuming masculinity"
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    "It was an all-consuming masculinity"
  5. "I spent a lot of my youth writing my mother's stories down"
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    "I spent a lot of my youth writing my mother's stories down"
  6. "I'd only read a handful of recipe books when I was asked to write one"
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    "I'd only read a handful of recipe books when I was asked to write one"
  7. "How you perceive things and how you are perceived can be at such odds"
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    "How you perceive things and how you are perceived can be at such odds"
  8. "This book presented another kind of representation"
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    "This book presented another kind of representation"
  9. "The library was my salvation"
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    "The library was my salvation"
  10. “It wasn't just one night that I cried my eyes out”
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    “It wasn't just one night that I cried my eyes out”
  11. "It made it acceptable to talk about kinky sex"
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    "It made it acceptable to talk about kinky sex"
  12. “Both me and him were in tears”
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    “Both me and him were in tears”
  13. "It doesn't bother me if people work out on page one who the killer is"
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    "It doesn't bother me if people work out on page one who the killer is"
  14. "I never knew more than the four streets that I lived on"
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    "I never knew more than the four streets that I lived on"
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