For millions of women across the world, hair is serious business. In many communities hair is considered by many as a definitive statement about who you are, who you think you are, and who you want to be. Coarse hair in its myriad forms, from the natural to twists and locks, has long been and remains a kind of bounced check on the acquisition of benefits of that same enduring cultural mythology. Like everything else about blacknesss—hair is knotted and gnarled by issues of identity and pride.  In this episode of Boarderscapes, host Mpinane Senkhane shares her own experience trying to take care of 4c hair in Euro–centric Brighton and speaks to women from different walks of life across the world about their relationship with their hair and the experience of managing it.

This episode is features personal accounts from Laticia Granduer, Pheladi Sethusa and Tiwalola Odukuya.

Produced and created by Mpinane Senkhane

Additional credits:

Sound effects: African drum sound effect - http://www.theallsounds.com/2017/09/african-drums-sound-effect.html

French city sound effect – BBC Sounds

Burning hair – recorded myself

Image credit – Shutterstock