by Adanna Hannah
“Oh, honey, you’re not gonna find a man that way. You want a man to feel manly, and how is he going to feel manly if your hair is shorter than his?” This is Part 2 of my conversation with Annie Wilson about her relationship with her natural hair. Here, we discuss the links between…
Dami Yusuf is a Nigerian YouTuber and Pharmacy Student living in Scotland. Here, she talks about her relationship with her hair, professionalism and natural hair in the workplace, and her advice for building a natural hair routine. (Part 1 of 2)
To be honest, I think it stemmed from my mum because she wanted us to fit in more than we were aware of it. As in, I knew I wanted to belong but I didn’t know how. And to my mum, the problem was, okay she doesn’t look like them. How can I make her look more like them? And the way to do that was for me to have straight hair.
I distinctly remember the first time I felt bad about my body. I stood in front of the mirror and pinched my stomach and wondered how badly I’d scar if I took a knife to all the fat. I can’t tell you how many things I’ve turned down, how many times I’ve stayed home…