Works Cited

Nicholas, Jeremie. “The Spiritual Nature of Kinky Black Hair.” https://jeremienicholas.medium.com/the-spiritual-nature-of-kinky-black-hair-f6cc2e5b2ab8

Malik, Nesrine.  “’Some people are freaked out: how Laetitia Ky tackles abortion, sexism and race with her extraordinary hair.” https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2022/mar/31/some-people-are-freaked-out-how-laetitia-ky-tackles-abortion-sexism-and-race-with-her-extraordinary-hair

Suzar.  Blacked Out Through Whitewash.  A-Kar Productions, 1999.

Image Sources

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Vetuu’s shadow a & b pictures by Abba Diallo

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“6 times sisterhood” by Abba Diallo, Indian screen printing on plastic; 1-year-old Abba by Adou Diallo (author’s dad)

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Ismail, A. (2021, February 18). “The Instagram Account Celebrating the Creativity of PoC Hairstyles Through History.” https://somethingcurated.com/2021/02/18/the-instagram-account-celebrating-the-creativity-of-poc-hairstyles-through-history/

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Leatitia Ky Instagram [@leatitiaky]:

https://www.instagram.com/laetitiaky/p/CZP-0KBItH2 (2022, March 8).

https://www.instagram.com/p/Ca1_hLXoKZN. 2022,  January 27) 

Vintage Everyday. (2018, March 19). Beautiful Vintage Photos of African American Women’s Hairstyles From the 1920s to the 1960s. Retrieved from https://www.vintag.es/2018/03/vintage-african-womens-hairstyles.html

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Philadelphia Inquirer (2015, December 19.) https://www.inquirer.com/philly/entertainment/arts/20151220_Galleries__Two_artists_in_rooms_of_their_own.html