Concepts such as decolonization, orientalism, lived experiences and multiple truths are becoming more widespread in both academia and mainstream media.
Monica Macias brown skin, big eyes and curly hair made her stand out wherever she went in North Korea. She had lived in Pyongyang for 15 years since 1979 when she and two other siblings, Maribel and Fran, were sent there in 1979 by her father, Francisco Macias Nguema (1924-79), the first president of Equatorial Guinea. She was 7 at that time.