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.
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.
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 […]
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 […]
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) […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]