“The first day of school with my new hair everyone just stared at me, some kids would run up to me and laugh and run away. The guidance counselor asked me if I was a rasta and if that’s why I went natural… It’s crazy cause now I have people from high school days admit [...]
Where are you from? M: I am a proud Southerner – originally from Mississippi. After finishing my master’s program last year in public administration I accepted an awesome opportunity to work in Côte d’Ivoire (a country of 20 million inhabitants on the west coast of Africa) in the field of rural and educational development. Before [...]
Where do you live? S: I Live in Sweden, south part in the city called Malmoe, born and raised here. My mother is Swedish and my father is from the Caribbean island of Martinique. I’m educated in graphic communications and project management. What’s interesting about Sweden? S: There is a lot of cultural diversity. You [...]
Where are you from? C: I’m Christina and I live in London. I was born in Sutton Coldfield but moved, with my parents blessing when I was 16. I wanted to work in the media and there were more opportunities (I thought) for me in London. I now work as a journalist/writer/producer. I’m the daughter [...]
Today’s style icon is my friend Rafi! She’s one of my favorite people and I’m super excited to have her on the blog! Where are you from? R: I was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. When I was six years old, my parents decided to move to Sweden where they believed better opportunities existed [...]
Where are you from? M: I live in a city called Norwich, in the East of England. My parents came here in the 1970s. My mum is from Barbados and my dad is Nigerian. I was born here and have lived here ever since, but I do go back to the Caribbean from time to [...]
Yaa found BGLH via the Facebook fan page and added her photo to the fan album. It got such a great response that I asked her to come on the blog “I have come across some black women who had my texture and said they couldn’t go natural because their hair wouldn’t grow. I have [...]
Meet Nibi who’s trying to start a natural movement in Nigeria Where are you from? N: I live in Lagos, Nigeria and work in finance. I was born here, grew up in the UK, and moved back to Nigeria just over 4 years ago What is the natural hair scene like in Nigeria? N: It’s [...]
Where do you live? A: I live in London United Kingdom based in North London, I started in the hair industry as a freelance/ location/session Hair stylist in 2001. I cover Fashion/Hair shows photo shoots for magazines/models, designers look books and celebrities etc Why did you make the decision to go natural? A: My hair [...]
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 [...]
