Natural Black Hair
Natural Black Hair is a book that contains the story of a family of black women who were tired of pressing, relaxing, and braiding their hair. This time they decided to go natural. Inside the book Natural Black Hair, you will find their story - their thoughts about natural hair, their reflections on the subject of black hair, and lessons they learned while discovering how to care for and nuture their natural black hair. This book also contains instructions for wet-styling natural black hair. For more information about wet-styling click here.
Here is the table of contents for this book:
When We
Started: An introduction to the four women in this
book and their hair care situations and concerns
Lessons From The Past: Reflections on past
lessons learned about black hair care.
Lessons From Others: Thoughts about how
African women take care of their hair.
We Learned To Use Water Wisely: Lessons
learned about using water to style natural black hair.
The "Doo Rag" Undone: Lessons learned
about using scarves to style natural black hair.
Oni's Triumph: Thoughts about Oni, who had
suffered from hair breakage from chemical relaxers, and her
success with natural hair care.
The Success Continues:
- Basic Techniques: Seven techniques for natural hair care
- Our Favorite Styles For Natural Hair: Directions for some simple natural styles for black and African hair.