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Twisted: The Tangled History of Black Hair Culture

By Emma Dabiri
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A Kirkus Best Book of the Year

Stamped from the Beginning meets You Can’t Touch My Hair in this timely and resonant social justice essay collection from Guardian contributor and prominent BBC race correspondent Emma Dabiri, exploring the ways in which black hair has been appropriated and stigmatized throughout history, with ruminations on body politics, race, pop culture, and Dabiri’s own journey to loving her hair.

Emma Dabiri can tell you the first time she chemically straightened her hair....

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Social SciencesBiographyAfrican AmericansAfrican American Biography & MemoirPeoples & Cultures - BiographyAfrican American BiographyAfrican American General Biography