Afros in ‘Old School’ Africa

Just because, a slightly NSFW black and white image of a young woman from Djibouti. Notice that her hair is not in plaits, braids or twists and is free. I’m going to be putting up or linking to images like these just to show that in the past some African women left their hair free…

On Natural Hair in Nigeria…Again

I thought it’d be a good idea to write weekly posts in which I expose all the hair-related comments I’ve received during the week. It’d be a good way to vent as I am beginning to get really touchy when people even glance at my hair these days. I really need a positive place. Furthermore…

Natural Hair in Nigeria

To sum up my experiences as a Nigerian (in Nigeria) who has decided to keep her hair in its natural state and refuses to chemically straighten it, I believe I would be having things much more difficult if I gave a damn what other people thought and said. Yeah it sucks to have random people…