
Don't Touch My Hair
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Narrated by:
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Emma Dabiri
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Emma Dabiri
About this listen
Straightened. Stigmatised. 'Tamed'. Celebrated. Erased. Managed. Appropriated. Forever misunderstood. Black hair is never 'just hair'.
This book is about why black hair matters and how it can be viewed as a blueprint for decolonisation. Emma Dabiri takes us from pre-colonial Africa, through the Harlem Renaissance, Black Power and on to today's Natural Hair Movement, the Cultural Appropriation Wars and beyond. We look at everything from hair capitalists like Madam C.J. Walker in the early 1900s to the rise of Shea Moisture today, from women's solidarity and friendship to 'black people time', forgotten African scholars and the dubious provenance of Kim Kardashian's braids.
The scope of black hairstyling ranges from pop culture to cosmology, from prehistoric times to the (afro)futuristic. Uncovering sophisticated indigenous mathematical systems in black hairstyles, alongside styles that served as secret intelligence networks leading enslaved Africans to freedom, Don't Touch My Hair proves that far from being only hair, black hairstyling culture can be understood as an allegory for black oppression and, ultimately, liberation.
Critic reviews
Mixed feelings
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For all black womrn
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Hair as the guide through history
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Brilliant read it!
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It was revelatory from the very start. Unfolding the history of black hair and culture.
Having thick coarse afro hair myself, it was both elevating and inspiring.
A great read for anyone.
Amazing!!
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just wow.
fascinating!
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Loved it
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Eye opening book
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Fantastic book
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A history & culture lesson in one book
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