Afro-hair winning!

Model: Doris Nkulukusa

Hey, have you seen the new trends going on with black hair?

In all honesty, it is a delightful thing to see, girls loving and owing to their hair like never before, for many generations we were told and showed that our crowns weren’t good enough for anything, resulting in us having zero confidence in our hair but the good news is that over the years black women have embraced natural hair and I’m over the moon with excitement, having confidence and pride in what we hated for generations is magical.  

Apart from our rich symbols that are demonstrated in hairstyles and pieces, black hair is just pure magic period. I love what being in natural hair feels like; it’s a wonderful thing seeing those strongly textured hair strings of a thousand curls growing out of a human head.

Most of you can perhaps relate to this story when I was in primary school my little sister and I was at a majority white school and at every assembly, a teacher would call my sister out and pull her hair to make sure it was all her hair and not a wig, from such experiences it is only self-hate and low self-esteem that can come out of that, however being the warriors we are, we overcame this and excelled.

Today black women are celebrating black hair, rocking braids dreads, and high on top Afros, setting examples for the next generations, ensuring they never ever have to go through what we have gone through with our hair and beauty as a whole, black women have embraced themselves to a point where the world is listening, brands are manufacturing products for black hair and Afro hair is officially here to slay for at least eternity.    

May Afro go beyond a trend, amen.