Are our Hairstyles POLITICAL?

That is what Nigerian Author Chimamanda Adichie believes. In her latest book “Americanah”, she states: beauty has become this homogenous thing, her main character Ifemelu does not straighten her hair and prefers Afros and Cornrows.

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Watch her speak about it ->

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