Sulwe by Lupita Nyong'O

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Sulwe is a children's fiction characters from picture book by an actress Lupita Nyong'o. It follows the story of an energetic young lady who wishes for her black skin to be lighter. The story is eventually about colorism and learning to cherish ourselves, no matter one's skin tone. [1]

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Summary

Sulwe, is a “star” in the Kenyan language Luo, intoducing the readers to a youthful girl named Sulwe who is the darkest girl in her family. Sulwe wished she had light skin like her sister Mich who is the color of high noon. In a way to try and help her skin, Sulwe used a huge eraser to try and rub off layers of her skin and she as it were eats the lightest, brightest foods like: bananas, white bread, and wafers. As her last try, Sulwe chooses to turn to God and pray for a miracle. She prays to wake up and have light skin and parts of companions similar to her sister. When she wakes up the following morning and sees her prayer wasn’t replied she breaks down and tells her mother everything. Her mother gives her sage advice and consoles her she’s wonderful fair the way she is. Afterward that night, Sulwe is gone to by a shooting star who takes her on a journey which makes a difference her learn to cherish and appreciate herself.. [2]

Pros

Nyong’o’s book is a sweet take on ways youthful children can be made a difference to stand up to colorism; it’s an issue we frequently have to teach kids about––they may be fine around their adored ones but will need to be able to deal with a European-values obsessed society. Nyong’o, who was born in Mexico––an greatly Eurocentric nation––but grew up in Kenya, has clarified that she not only has had to counter colorism among Mexicans (who seldom recognize their African-descendant populations) but too in Kenya. When Lupita was five a long time ago and her more youthful, lighter-skinned sister was born: “With that came the cooing and the cawing and her being called beautiful. And just––there was a obvious preference for her skin color. So that was the primary time that I begun to feel disconnected to the word beauty,”. So that was the first time that I started to feel unrelated to the word beauty,” Nyong’o told NPR’s Noel King in Oct. 2019. [3]

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Patricia Campbell Carlson gave her review on one of online sites, she said When we hold Sulwe in your hands, we will think its point to see a single star show up in each of the eyes of this youthful girl, Sulwe, in addition to the more promptly obvious one on her accessory. These shinning decorations echo the meaning of her title: Star. Sulwe parts the fabric of preference, colorism in specific. Kenyan actress and producer Lupita Noyong'o and New York Times top of the line artist Vashti Harrison might not have done a better work of persuading four to eight year olds that they have a shinning magnificence all their own. [4] 


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