A snap poll has found that many schools still forbid traditional African styles, but some are reviewing their codes of conduct.

Women who wear an Afro or dreadlocks sometimes sneer at me, telling me they feel "liberated" by their natural hair, says <b>Ayanda Sitole</b>.

Perhaps in a world in which men are going bald in their twenties, someone flaunting his mane may just be too much.