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Posted on March 14, 2018March 14, 2018 by intheshapeofaneagle

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Since the world is on fiyah, I've made The Salon zine available to read online or download for free from my website. Hope it brings some of you some joy! I'm proud of this little book, it celebrates hair and heritage with words of home, childhood and nostalgia from people including @dawnbutlerbrent @oteghauwagba and @sonofatutu , interviews with @projectembrace, thoughts on Locs from @mayowasworld and @dfordarkoa (thank you!) and even a short story about post apocalyptic Peckham - bit close to the bone now eh 🤷🏿‍♀️. Front cover created by the inimitable @dorcascreates Link in bio, enjoy on me 💛 . . #blackhairstories #afrohair #hairandheritage #blackhairandheritage #heritage #blackwomen #blackhair #melanin #blackgirlmagic #zines #blackwomencreatives #thesalonzine #thesalon #zine

Shout out to all the mamas who spend hours braiding, combing and detangling our hair. Happy mother's day to you 💐 This is one of my fave photos from our exhibition taken by @nana.amaphoto of BEAUTIFUL mother/daughter team, Joyce and Gloria. . . #blackhairstories #afrohair #hairandheritage #blackhairandheritage #heritage #blackwomen #blackhair #melanin #blackgirlmagic #mothersday #mothers

Had a wicked time on Friday @onca_arts in Brighton chatting hair politics and The Salon zine. Thanks to these wonderful humans for joining and Susuana at ONCA for making it happen 🙏🏾 . . #blackhairstories #afrohair #hairandheritage #heritage #blackwomen #blackhair #melanin #blackgirlmagic

I had a really nice time chatting with @swingstuffpodcast about hair, heritage, hating on archaeology and loving dance. Check it out 🥰 ・・・ “It holds quite an interesting place in between what we used to call ‘tangible intangible heritage’. So it's something that you can touch, but it's also something that represents culture intangibly so you can't really like put your finger on what it is. And it's something that has been quite present in my life since I was born.” . This month on the podcast, I am joined by the wonderful Korantema Anyimadu. Korantema is a dancer and independent curator with a background in heritage and the arts, and has most recently been working on her project ‘Black Hair Stories’. . I feel so lucky to have sat down with Korantema for this episode, and learned about the concept of tangible and intangible heritage, what this means in regards to dance and music, and the connection that exists between hair and identity. . You can listen to this episode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. Happy listening! . . #blackhairandheritage #hairandheritage #swingstuffpodcast #jazzdance #afrohair

A very happy IWD to all the new friends, old friends, family, community elders, collaborators and supporters who have lifted up this project from the get go. I appreciate you!!!✌🏾✌🏾✌🏾 . . #internationalwomensday #blackhairandheritage #blackhairstories #afrohair #photography #heritage #visualart #blackwomen #blackhair #melanin #blackgirlmagic #thesalon

If you pop down to Walthamstow to the @morrisgallery you can now get a copy of The Salon zine in the bookshop AND while you’re there, see the first solo UK exhibition of @kehindewiley powerful portraits of Black women. Kehinde Wiley’s backgrounds are inspired by Morris’ prints and the series is a response to the 1892 feminist text, the Yellow Wallpaper by Gilman. It’s free and on till May. . . . #blackhairstories #afrohair #photography #heritage #visualart #blackwomen #blackhair #melanin #blackgirlmagic #thesalon #blackhairandheritage #bookshop #independentbookshop #williammorris #kehindewiley

I’m going to be in Brighton* on the 13th March at the wonderful @onca_arts to talk about The Salon zine, hair, heritage and all the other good stuff I enjoy. Link for tickets is in the bio! . . *eating fish and chips

The @migrationmuseumuk is moving to Lewisham Shopping Centre in a few weeks! Chuffed that highlights from our exhibition ‘Plaits, Princesses + Pink Moisturiser’ will be on show again in their interactive exhibition #roomtobreathe . If you missed it last time, nows your chance to catch it ❤️

Here’s to another year of making and making space ❤️ . . #blackhairstories #afrohair #photography #heritage #visualart #blackwomen #blackhair #melanin #blackgirlmagic #thesalon #blackhairandheritage #2020

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