These days, it’s not uncommon to see Black women wearing their natural hair. Something unheard over twenty years ago. Back then, sporting one’s kinks, coils, and curls was not socially acceptable. Forcing women to chemically alter their hair texture. Giving them that desired bone, straight, European look, that attracted the […]
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Crowned in Curls: Teen publishes book celebrating Black hair
Aisha Boubacar, now 15, wrote and illustrated a children’s book during the pandemic lockdown for young Black readers to appreciate their natural hair. (Submitted by Kate Lavut) Aisha Boubacar’s quarantine hairstyle experiment quickly turned into a bona fide writing project. While many were trying to cope with being separated from […]