I was seven years old when I first got my hair straightened. I remember feeling more beautiful. I went to a predominantly white school and was told by a classmate that I looked like an animal and had ...

For Black women, the process of maintaining their hair can be fraught. To tame texture or curls, many women spend long hours in a stylist’s chair or subject their hair to harsh chemical relaxers to ...

Campus seniors Aaliyah Trotter and Yosolaoluwa Olakunle use their hair-braiding businesses to connect with other Black students and both understand the importance of embracing their natural hair.

“Your hair was much better even when you were using Luster’s Pink moisturiser,” my mum told me recently, kissing her teeth with the ‘I told you so’ face mums do.“I’m telling you, the old ways are the ...