![]() From a distance of several years, Dominique, who has always been perceptive of life’s contradictions and complexities, can feel both relieved that this cycle of abuse has finally ended but also sad because she knows Nzinga’s behavior was rooted in the trauma she never resolved. The cycle of violence only ends when Nzinga dies. She made her lovers suffer the way she did all those years ago. Those early experiences trapped her in a cycle of violence in her adulthood. ![]() Nzinga’s abuse was rooted in the abuse she suffered in her childhood. It’s clear that it’s Nzinga who lacked a true feminist approach to life. ![]() It becomes an affirming, feminist space that reinforces Dominique’s identity as a radical, Black feminist, one that was so central to her understanding of herself and that Nzinga had convinced her she lacked. community with the women’s music festival. Dominique creates another community within her larger L.A. ![]()
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