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print operations, television, radio broadcasting, digital and online services. The
Standard Group is recognized as a leading multi-media house in Kenya with a key
influence in matters of national and international interest.
Long before the white man arrived with his mirror and his gospel of inferiority, African women were already beautiful. Their skin glowed under the sun’s own spotlight; their hair spoke stories of identity, culture, and lineage; their bodies moved with the rhythm of their ancestors.
Beauty was not a commodity; it was a language. Then came the coloniser, armed with mirrors and prejudice, whispering that blackness was wrong, and suddenly the African woman was incomplete.
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