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WHY I RETURNED TO MY NATURAL HAIR?
Why I returned to my Natural Hair?
This entry was posted on March 16, 2014, in ALL THINGS HAIR, Wigs, Weaves, Extensions, Braids and tagged african, African American, african caribbean, Afro-textured hair, Angie Greaves, BBC London 94.9, Beauty, big chop, black female radio presenters, black people, British African-Caribbean community, Chemical process, choice fm, Hair care, Human hair growth, Long hair, magic fm, valley fontaine. Bookmark the permalink. 4 Comments
Valley Fontaine 
Nothing wrong with your hair! I have to admit though, dealing with Afro Hair can be daunting sometimes.. I have ‘straight’ afro hair, which doesn’t have much of a curl pattern, and I have always been told that my hair is soft and what people would do with my type of hair.. This good hair, bad hair crap is nonsense.. The key really is learning how to deal with what you’ve got.. Not wishing you were a European, or as with most Jamaicans, being obsessed with Indian hair(Er, why??).. I used to be the opposite to you and worry when my hair wouldn’t wave and curl, or go into a defined afro(Even when it is supposed to be back combed it straightens! Ha!).. I have now stopped worrying and now that its shorter I just realized that actually can’t keep fighting my hair texture and just need to cut the worrying.. Too much makes your hair fall out! Hahaaaaaaa…
I think afro hair is simple enough. The problem is the kinds of things we try to do with it. Not sure that it’s only Jamaicans that have an obsession with straight hair. I think it’s a legacy of slavery and colonialisation issue that has a hold of both black women and men in countries that have access to relaxers and weaves. But attitudes are slowly but surely changing.
Very true.. Not sure if it’s changing though..
I hear ya.