The Day I Went Natural
Six years ago today, I did The Big Chop and returned to my natural hair. I had talked about it and prepared friends and family for months, although they didnt think I was serious.
Category Archives: Dreadlocks
Whose Afraid of Natural Hair? Adventures of a Natural Haired Jobseeker
By Jo Adeyemo My longest ever job search recently came to an end after I was offered a position at an online magazine. One of the things I had to […]
Should School’s Have A Say On How You Choose To Wear Your Hair?
The Hampton University Business School has chosen to uphold a ban on it’s male student’s wearing cornrows or dreadlocks. The school Dean, Sid Creadle, believes the ban that has been […]
Hairspiration: Modele
Nigeria’s own gospel artist, Modele was born in the beautiful plains of Jos, in Plateau State. This dread rocking songstress (as per the most recent pictures of her.. see above) […]
Hairspiration: Dakore Egbuson
Dakore Egbuson is a Nigerian actress, singer, television presenter, dancer and producer (movies and music). She rocks some pretty neat dreadlocks. This week’s hairspiration is Dakore Egbuson! All images from […]
Hairspiration: Asa
O Asa (pronounced “asha”), how I love thee, let me count the ways. To say that I love Asa’s music is putting it mildly, she sings to the core of […]
Natural Spotlight: Nadia
Where in Africa are you from? I am from Nigeria. When did you decide to go natural? I hacked off my perm in June of 2010. What has been your […]
So you Want to Grow Deadlocks? DON’T
People often ask me about growing dreadlocks and they are always surprised at my consistent answer. Don’t do it. This is because I know so many people who have started and given up soon after. For this reason, […]
A is for Afro
This is in response to a query from Cynthia about transitioning to natural hair for her and her daughter. I will do another article specifically on children’s hair later. My […]
Where My Natural Hair Journey Begins – Part Two
So, what does an angry black girl of 25 years of age do? She decides to grow dreadlocks. Not so amazing you might say. But, for a conservative preacher’s daughter […]
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