The natural hair community in South Africa is growing. However public knowledge of what to do with my hair is still stifled
The writer spends some hours visiting a hair salon where clients have the options to dye, curl, braid, relax, straighten, extend, or cut their hair.
"Seeing successful black women rocking different hairdos that I’d never seen before planted the love of hair into my soul"
The resurgence of women embracing their natural hair has made way for a market in natural products
Black women’s hair care is still fraught with shame and politics, to start with hairdresser’s annoyance at customers not using chemicals.
A story of two beauty salons run by Tanzanian women in Durban unravels a tale of migration, survival and community in a foreign land.