{"id":1768,"date":"2020-08-10T10:27:06","date_gmt":"2020-08-10T10:27:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africablooming.com\/?p=1768"},"modified":"2020-09-29T08:45:58","modified_gmt":"2020-09-29T08:45:58","slug":"essay-dont-touch-my-hair-emma-dabiri","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africablooming.com\/en\/essay-dont-touch-my-hair-emma-dabiri\/","title":{"rendered":"Essay | Don&#8217;t Touch My Hair | Emma Dabiri"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap has-small-font-size\">Through a historical research in combination with an autobiographical testimony,<em> Emma Dabiri <\/em>addresses slavery, decolonization, culture, capitalism, sorority, cultural appropriation, self-confidence\u2026.<br>Indeed, Afro hair, beyond a genetic inheritance, a physical attribute or a style, has always had a social, political, cultural, chosen or imposed meaning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more Continue reading >>-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Nigerian and Irish, <em>Emma Dabiri <\/em>shares anecdotes from childhood to adulthood. She takes us from laughter to anger, sometimes awakening our own memories. From racism to self-acceptance, from Nigeria to the United States to Ireland, Emma narrates an initiatory journey with her own hair and provides advice and experiences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">The author sheds light on the importance of representation in the close sphere as well as in the medias. She also celebrates sisterhood and resilience.<br>Through the history of hair and its treatment, it is society that is being questioned. Structural racism, consumerism, capitalism, patriarchy, the depreciation of Afro hair is only the reflection of a model that has been biased for centuries.<br>Through a rich, accurate and well-argued narrative, <em>Don&#8217;t Touch My Hair<\/em> pays tribute to African cultures and heritage, and celebrates black beauty in its uniqueness and plurality.<br>A radical and liberating statement in a context where black beauty is still too depreciated, from stigma to fetishism. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">A must read! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><em><strong>Don&#8217;t Touch My Hair <\/strong><\/em><br>Emma Dabiri <br>2019<br>An Allen Lane Book &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.penguin.co.uk\/books\/305706\/don-t-touch-my-hair\/9780141986289.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Penguin  (s\u2019ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)\">Penguin <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Through a historical research in combination with an autobiographical testimony, Emma Dabiri addresses slavery, decolonization, culture, capitalism, sorority, cultural appropriation, self-confidence\u2026.Indeed, Afro hair, beyond a genetic inheritance, a physical attribute or a style, has always had a social, political, cultural, chosen or imposed meaning.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1420,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[89],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1768","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-reading"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Don&#039;t Touch My Hair | Essay by Emma Dabiri | Africa Blooming<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Through the story of Afro hair and a testimony, Don&#039;t Touch My Hair addresses contemporary issues. 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