Today's podcast episode is a deep dive into the ways in which black people have been discriminated against for our hair in the past and how we are navigating those challenges today.

 My previous podcast episode on this topic "Why do you hate black people's hair? (the real issue with Clicks' Ad)" :https://anchor.fm/simplysifiso/episodes/EP-13-Why-do-you-hate-black-peoples-hair-ejkhpm

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Additional reading/ watching (resources I used to prepare for this video): 

 VIDEOS:  

The History OF Black HAIR & RELAXERS...THE Real UNKNOWN by Destin Troyce : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=clIBNyKpeps 

Do Wigs,Weaves & LaceFronts NEED To STOP...It's SELF Haate PERI0dtt by Destin Troyce : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4v0Vrws_Ubc&t=1204s 

400 years without a comb (Documentary) : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6Lg9IWFDLg 

Let’s talk about H&M and Black hair. (Live) by For Harriet: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrZ3m_jmTG8 

ARTICLES; Steve Biko and the Black Consciousness Movement- Leslie Anne Hadfield, Department of History, Brigham Young University https://doi.org/10.1093/acrefore/9780190277734.013.83 

The power of Hair: The politics of Hair in a (South) African context by Shonisani Netshia (Lecturer, Visual Art Department University of Johannesburg) http://ipip-project.eu/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/The-power-of-Hair.pdf 

Mathias Fubah Alubafi, Molemo Ramphalile & Agnes Sejabaledi Rankoana | (2018) The shifting image of black women’s hair in Tshwane (Pretoria), South Africa, Cogent Social  https://doi.org/10.1080/23311886.2018.1471184 

From slavery to colonialism and school rules, navigating the history of myths about black hair By Hlonipha Mokoena (Quartz Africa)- https://qz.com/africa/1215070/black-hair-myths-from-slavery-to-colonialism-school-rules-and-good-hair/ 

EXAMINING THE HISTORY AND VALUE OF AFRICAN HAIR  by Danjaji Anwar - 20.May.2020 (Native mag) https://thenativemag.com/history-value-afro-hair/