![]() ![]() She grows tremendously, makes friends, works, and opens her eyes to the world. In Spain she begins to learn about the world, about other people besides North Koreans, and investigates the circumstances of her father’s death. Her choice is to leave, and she heads to Spain as she has lost her ability to speak Spanish (this is the language she used with her mother and family - the other is Fang). ![]() She is given a choice at the end of her studies to stay in North Korea where she now has many friends and is comfortable or go and see a world that she knows nothing about. As all this sinks in, Monica slows adapts, learns Korean and even finds foods that she likes. Shortly after arriving in Pyongyang, her father is assassinated, and she is truly on her own with almost no contact with her mother. Over time Monica adapts, she is in the guardianship of Kim II Sung, who takes a fatherly interest in her life and remains so until she leaves the country. Clearly the young Monica struggles, from being a young child separated from her family, from the vigorous education process, and the new culture. Her circumstances growing up are unusual as her father decided to send her and her other siblings to be raised in Pyongyang North Korea from Equatorial Guinea. ![]() Monica Macias has written a powerful account of her life in Black Girl from Pyongyang. ![]()
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