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    Many Reasons Why Black Women Don’t Wear Their Own Hair
    Many Reasons Why Black Women Don’t Wear Their Own Hair
    Many Reasons Why Black Women Don’t Wear Their Own Hair
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    Many Reasons Why Black Women Don’t Wear Their Own Hair

    By Francois Attadedji

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    MOST PEOPLE BELIEVED THAT BECAUSE BLACK WOMEN HAIR IS NAPPY, ZIPPY, CURLY, KINKY, TINY, WAVY, AND SHORT; THEY WEAR WIGS, WEAVES, EXTENSIONS, AND BRAIDS TO COVER IT UP. BUT THEY HAVE NEVER BEEN IN BLACK WOMEN SHOES. UNLIKE MOST PEOPLE, I DID MY HOMEWORK AND FOUND OUT IT’S NOT TRUE.



    Before I started writing this book, my preconceived notions as to why black women did not wear their natural hair, was wide-ranging.
    Since I had quite a few assumptions (which may or may not be true), I started looking for ways to know the truth about black women and their dislike of their natural hair. I finally came up with an idea to interview a sample of black women and get the facts instead of sticking to my assumptions. After my interactions with many black women from different continents,countries, and cities, I decided to write this book to give an opportunity to other people to read about my findings that reveal a variety of answers to my burning questions. I hope you read it, learn from it, and comprehend the many reasons why black women choose not to wear their hair. This book may not coverall those reasons but all the answers in it were real and from black women themselves.
    You will be surprised to discover a variety of reasons why they don't wear their natural hair.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPublishdrive
    Release dateJul 29, 2018
    ISBN9781722185978
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      Many Reasons Why Black Women Don’t Wear Their Own Hair - Francois Attadedji

      CONCLUSION

      INTRODUCTION

      MY CURIOSITY AND AMBITION TO GO AFTER THE TRUTH

      The reasons I decided to write this book were universal. On three continents to include Africa, Europe, and North America, I saw black women wearing hair that was not their natural, God-given hair. I saw them wearing this different hair in places such as work, movies, stores, malls, restaurants, clubs, spectacles, and many more. From wigs to extensions, braids, and weaves, black women concealed their natural hair in favor of hair that wasn’t theirs. Maybe when they were in their homes, they wore their natural hair but once outside, no matter where they were in public, they covered their hair with tresses other than their own.

      I especially saw this in Benin (West Africa) where I was born and raised and across the African continent. Moreover, I observed the same thing in Europe where I spent many vacations. When I came to the United States in October 1999, I noticed there was no difference. It is the same thing here as well. Black women wore hair which was not their own. I saw this at work, public places, schools, on Facebook, Instagram, Snapshot, and other social media platforms. I saw black women wearing long and straight hair. I’m not saying all black women wore artificial hair. There were many black women out there who embraced their natural hair, and I applaud them for that.

      However, I was still curious as to what the problem was. Why were black women obsessed with hair other than their own? We are black, and we should be proud to be black. We can see the pride in us as black people on TV, in magazines, in books, on shows, and in protests as we proclaim to be one. I questioned, if we were black, we claim to be black, we love to be black, then what’s wrong with our natural black hair? What’s wrong with our own natural God-given hair? Why can’t black women just be happy, proud, and content with their own hair? I was sure something was wrong, or I was missing out something... some explanation behind this phenomenon I did not know. What did my sisters, mothers, wives, daughters, friends know that I did not? What was the reason behind the mystery of their desire to cover their hair with locks that were synthetic or someone else’s? What is wrong with black women’s natural hair that they choose to hide it?

      I can personally attest that this is everywhere across the globe. And I need to know why black women all over the world are covering up their hair? Why can’t they just wear their own natural hair and be happy and confident going places? What is it? What is the problem? I believe this was something I wouldn’t and may never understand or comprehend.

      I had my own mindset and opinions on this issue. On the other hand, I did not want my assumptions to cloud valid reasons, and I definitely did not want to make anything up from my imaginations. My preconceived notions as to why black women did not wear their natural hair, was wide-ranging. I believed:

      •   They are ashamed of their own hair

      •   They are not proud of their own hair

      •   They do not look presentable with their own hair

      •   They do not like their own God-given hair

      •   They do not feel beautiful enough with their own hair

      •   They are not attractive with their own hair

      •   They do not enjoy their own hair

      Since I had quite a few assumptions (which may or may not be true), I started looking for ways to know the truth about black women and their dislike of their natural hair. I finally came up with an idea to interview a sample of black women and get the facts instead of sticking to my assumptions. After my interactions with many black women from different continents, countries, and cities, I decided to write this book to give an opportunity to other people to read about my findings that reveal a variety of answers to my burning questions. I hope you read it, learn from it, and comprehend the many reasons why black women choose not to wear their hair. This book may not cover all of those reasons but all the answers in this book were real and from black women themselves.

      INTERVIEW 1

      As I took on this issue of black women not wearing their own hair, I conducted many interviews that I called INTERVIEW 1 and named the women first woman to make it easier to read and comprehend.

      I asked the first black woman I interviewed this question: Why are you not wearing your own natural God-given hair?

      She looked at me and in turn asked, What are you talking about?

      I repeated my question, asking, I would like to know the reasons why you are not wearing your own natural, God-given hair.

      At this time, she understood my question and replied, "The society in which we live is dominated by the marketing, the sex appeal, of the white woman’s image;

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