This episode features the poem "Heavy Vines of Glory" written by your host Dee Chikwendu. This poem captures how the character is admiring and describing her dreadlocks while she acknowledges the importance of loving and accepting all of who she is including her amazing Afro hair.

This episode features the poem "Purpose in the Pandemic" written by your host Dee Chikwendu. This poem explores the perspective of how the pandemic has been an opportunity to allow our Afro hair to grow and flourish with its extraordinary beauty. This is simply because it has been left alone to be - without having to be manipulated, over combed, cut and pulled too tightly.

This episode features the poem "Afro's Song. Afro's Dance" written by your host Dee Chikwendu. This poem explores the idea of how our Afros' unique form can create shape and sometimes display a character and energy of its own. When we allow our curiosity to explore the wonder of our Afro hair, we may be pleasantly surprised by what discoveries we make about its extraordinary beauty.

This episode features the poem "My Afro's Presence" written by your host Dee Chikwendu. This poem focuses on the narration of the character who shares the power of her Afro and the attention that it attracts each time that it is displayed in all its various forms.

This episode features the poem "Belonging" written by your host Dee Chikwendu. This poem focuses on the narration of the character who is questioning who her Afro hair belongs to, as she reflects on the reality of being on the societal and local receiving end of people's views (and imposed standards of beauty). At the end of the day, until we decide that our Afro hair is more than enough, the world will never stop it's damaging narratives - until we tell it to stop and to accept the belonging of our Afro hair.

This episode features the poem "Designed to be this way" written by your host Dee Chikwendu. The poem focuses on the fact that our Afro hair is designed to be the unique way that it is! No matter what macro and micro aggressions we are bombarded with, the truth is our Afro hair is heavy with history, heritage and creativity.

This episode features the poem "Good Hair Day" written by your host Dee Chikwendu. This poem focuses on the narration of the character who unapologetically resists the label of having a 'bad hair day.' Many times our Afro hair is described using negative language and tones, but if we make consistent efforts to resist these common labels, then we will begin to re-wire our thoughts and values that we have towards our amazing Afro hair.

This episode features the poem "My Afro's Story" written by your host Dee Chikwendu. This poem is about how the character of the poem loves their Afro hair. They describe the story of their Afro hair and they invite us to come closer and to hear its story. Have you ever taken the time to review your Afro hair's story? What has the journey with your Afro hair been like so far?

This episode features the poem "My Love" written by your host Dee Chikwendu. This poem leads us through a persistent, unapologetic narrative of how much this character loves their Afro hair despite the apparent challenges that many of us face sometimes when we are made to feel different because of the Afro hair that we are privileged to have. The truth is, no matter what, the only people that can change our loves stories about our Afro hair are us!

This episode features the poem "I See You" written by your host Dee Chikwendu. This poem features a narrative or voice of a character that talks about their Afro hair as if they have been admiring a loved one over the course of time. Why not listen for yourself? Love all of who you are!