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On display: Most hair salons, including this one in Braamfontein, Johannesburg, have photographs of celebrities and models on their walls and in their windows, as well as the prices for the different styles. Photo: Delwyn Verasamy
BLACK HAIR

Hair-raising six hours every six weeks

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.

  • Zaza Hlalethwa
5 min read
ANC and local government officials handed out houses in Marikana in early January but President Jacob Zuma
ARTIST

Shani Crowe unlocks braids as high art

Milisuthando Bongela spoke to a Chicago photographer whose work pays homage to the art of African hair braiding.

  • Milisuthando Bongela
6 min read