Archive | naturals from around the world

02 March 2010 ~ 13 Comments

NFATW: Precious Kofi

Precious first appeared on BGLH in November 2009 when I (re-posted (from FroChic) a piece on famous South African naturals. I was intrigued by Precious’ amazing fro so I asked her to come back on BGLH to talk about it.

Channeling Grace Jones

Are you a native South African?
P: I was born in South Africa but my [...]

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23 February 2010 ~ 11 Comments

NFATW: Élida in Brazil

Where are you from?
E: I am Brazilian and study nursing. My ancestors were Africans and Indians. I was born in Brazil and never wanted to leave my country. Despite the internal difficulties of being an emerging country, Brazil is beautiful and we are proud to live here and be part of this wonderful people.
What is [...]

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31 January 2010 ~ 32 Comments

NFATW: Letty in the Dominican Republic

We’ve had a lot of discussions about how natural hair is received in the DR. A DR natural is finally here to break it down for us.
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Where do you live?
L: I was born and raised in a tiny little island in the middle of the Caribbean called Dominican Republic. I’m a publicist, a coolhunter [...]

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24 January 2010 ~ 39 Comments

NFATW: Tania from Papua New Guinea

Melanesian boys in Papua New Guinea

Where are you from?
T: I’m from an island country in the South Pacific called Papua New Guinea. I’m currently living in Australia where I study.
All my immediate family live in Papua New Guinea and have been there as far as we can trace back. I identify as Melanesian and am [...]

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22 January 2010 ~ 6 Comments

NFATW: Angie in Canada

The CN Tower in downtown Toronto is one of the tallest structures in the world

Where are you from?
A: I am from Ontario, Canada (born and raised) and I work in sales.
What is interesting about your country?
A: Every year we have the Caribana parade, which brings thousands of people from around the world. We also [...]

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14 January 2010 ~ 22 Comments

NFATW: Ni-Kiya in Barbados!

BGLH: where are you from?
N: Barbados .. holla ! Barbados is known for its lovely beaches and party scenes. Where else can you pay U.S. $25 and have drinks all night ? hehe. That beach is like 2 minutes away from my house. I don’t appreciate it nearly enough though
BGLH: what is the natural hair [...]

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27 December 2009 ~ 13 Comments

Inspiration: “Do you have an afro?” album on Flickr

The Flickr album “Do you have an afro?”, which features UK men and women with huge fros posing against a white backdrop, has been getting MAJOR buzz on the Web. I caught up with the man behind the project, UK photographer Errol, to learn about what inspired him and to get a closer look at [...]

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10 December 2009 ~ 11 Comments

NFATW: Chandra, an American expat in Germany

Where are you from?
C: I am originally from Daytona Beach, Florida but currently live in Berlin, Germany. My first job is always as a singer/songwriter, but to pay the bills in the meantime I’m a nanny, for two families here in the city, one really great the other not so great
Why did you [...]

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30 November 2009 ~ 17 Comments

Monday style… South African remix

First let me say, this is not my post (all non-italicized text is not mine.) I saw this on Frochic the other day, was blown away, and the Frochic team graciously allowed me to republish it on BGLH. All of these women are South African celebrities, and they’re all natural. All I can say is, [...]

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28 November 2009 ~ 21 Comments

Your photos your thoughts: When a bi-racial child rejects her mother’s kinky hair

Audrey, a BGLHer who lives in France, shares about her struggles to raise a daughter that accepts both her Arab and afro-Caribbean heritage.
I’m a single mother of a biracial girl who turns 5 on November 29, so Happy Birthday, baby!

Her father is very lightly-curled-haired Arab and I‘m a Caribbean girl (and as we’re here [...]

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