My body is under attack. My skin is under attack. My hair is under attack…but I still want to live. A black girl goes through a lot in Zimbabwe….and well, in the world in general. Black girls are always being attacked by societal prejudices and harmful stereotypes. This podcast may just help or shed light on our on going every day battles and ups and downs. This is a series of honest takes that will discuss the Afro vs the universe, the shade of black skin, and cultural identity amongst other topics all brought to you by The “Weird” Brown Girl’s informed opinion.
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episode 10: EP 10: Keep My Hair Out Of Your Mouth!
Black women’s hair is always subject to scrutiny…even from black people as well. We tell each other our hair sucks so we should relax it, if it’s in it’s natural state it’s undone and unkempt. Our primary schools and high schools and Zimbabwean society tells us to cut it or relax it (colonisation, cough cough). Then naturalistas shame other black women or girls who opt for wigs or women who relax their hair. The issue of black women or black people’s hair is messy and here is my messy experience!