Hair: Weaving & Unpicking Stories of Identity, edited by Joanne Hichens & Karina M Szczurek journalism

Hair: Weaving & Unpicking Stories of Identity, edited by Joanne Hichens & Karina M Szczurek journalismDreadlocks, perms, afros, wigs and braids; hair is an extension of our ever changing selves. In this startling new collection of masterful African stories juxtaposed with vivid modern photography, we see hair woven firmly into lives like generational pain in families. Or watch it blossoming into grand filaments of pride and reservoirs of power. Ranging from the fantastical to the mundane, the surly and mysterious to the jovial and witty, reading the

through the seedy underbelly of Zanzibar’s slave markets and shark-infested waters

There's Valentine from Cameroon whose grandfather taught him how to catch mermaids

the military genius who founded the Zulu nation

But when he discovered that the returned war heroes were more interested in enriching themselves than in uplifting the poverty-stricken millions

have made him one of the world's most popular public speakers

enjoyable experience -- the hot

and he dreamed of building one that would bring to his small village a set of luxuries that only 2 percent of Malawians could enjoy: electricity and running water

It's a fight for survival as Greg and Rowley navigate alliances

Happy Child he explains with authority and reassurance his step-by-step regime for parents for instituting beneficial habits within the framework of their child's natural sleep cycles

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Illustrated throughout with photographs and documents

crusader and mass slaughterer