Hair has long been modified for aesthetic and other ends. But skewed power structures have meant that women, particularly women of colour, have borne the brunt of stereotyping and prejudice.
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Schools need to adapt and evolve in changing circumstances and conditions as their students’ demographic composition shifts.
When it comes to black hair, “common sense” is the least reliable tool for decision making since even black people are constantly changing their minds about what they want to do with their hair.
Traditionally, African women wore their hair in different ways to signify class or marriage status. Now with globalisation, hair is becoming less traditionalised and more politicised.
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Senior research fellow, University of Ibadan
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South African Research Chair in Teacher Education; Director of Centre for International Teacher Education (CITE) & Professor of International Education and Development Policy (University of Sussex, UK), Cape Peninsula University of Technology
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Associate Professor at the Wits Institute for Social & Economic Research, University of the Witwatersrand
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SARCHI Ocean Cultures and Heritage, Nelson Mandela University