Afro Hair in Fashion, Author at Consciousness.co.za Magazine

#StopRacismAtPretoriaGirlsHigh

Afro Hair in Fashion — Fri, 02 Sep 2016 08:46:34 +0000

‘It saddens me that these 13 year olds from Pretoria Girls High are put in a position where they have to be bold, to be fighters. These are children, and as much as it is right to applaud them for their courage, we need to take a stand to change the society in which we [...]

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A Case Study on Miriam Makeba as a Hair and Beauty Icon

Afro Hair in Fashion — Mon, 18 Jul 2016 16:01:08 +0000

Miriam Makeba is undoubtedly one of the continent’s most famous and prized exports. Though it was through her music that she first went to the UK, and eventually settled in the US, it was her very verbal stance against the injustice of the Apartheid regime, as well as her unapologetic refusal to assimilate into Western [...]

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Why Afro Hair Seems To Stop Growing At a Certain Point

Afro Hair in Fashion — Sun, 19 Jun 2016 17:34:26 +0000

I feel like I have reached a point in my natural hair journey where it is time for a re-evaluation of my regimen. I did not anticipate that this was a necessary and inevitable part of the journey, but the natural hair journey is one of discovery, we are all in it together, and even [...]

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Not Faux Everyone

Afro Hair in Fashion — Sun, 03 Apr 2016 15:44:46 +0000

Faux locs made a BIG appearance in 2015, with celebrities like Ciara, Meagan Goode, Brandy, Zandaya Coleman, and Jhene Aiko wearing them funky in street style, and classy on the red carpet. For many it was seen as a great leap in bringing black hair into mainstream conversation, for instance: the Zendaya vs Juliana Ransec [...]

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