Emma Dabiri explains the history of policing black hair, from pre-colonial Africa to present-day restrictive school policies. Order your copy of Don't Touch My Hair in paperback: https://bit.ly/307vn2i or audiobook: https://amzn.to/371dR1k

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From women's solidarity and friendship to forgotten African scholars and the dubious provenance of Kim Kardashian's braids, the scope of black hairstyling ranges from pop culture to cosmology, from prehistoric times to the (afro)futuristic. Uncovering sophisticated indigenous mathematical systems in black hairstyles, alongside styles that served as secret intelligence networks leading enslaved Africans to freedom, Don't Touch My Hair proves that far from being only hair, black hairstyling culture can be understood as an allegory for black oppression and, ultimately, liberation.

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