Hi, I wonder if you have the contact for this group or to get more information about this event. If you do, please share. Email is OmoduduosunAThotmailDOTcom
I am sooooo pissed I missed this! I wear my natural hair, moved back home a few months ago and EVERY darn time I step into a salon, people give me this look and go “are you sure you don’t want to relax your hair.”
It is so frustrating. I want to be able to take care of my natural hair and since I am no longer living in NY, I don’t have access to my usual stuff! So help me out BGLH! Tell me where I can get access to these products in Lagos… or when the next meet up will be… PLEASE!
wow!!!! i saw the headline and I was like no way!!!!! someone made a comment abt the amt of weaves you see in Nigeria and we do own half of or more of all the hair made in Brazil,India, malaysia and the likes lol. Did not knw Nigeria had that many natural “peeps” Great turn out on event. I am sure it wasnt easy to organize hopefully I can visit one when next am in Lagos 🙂 My mom still gives me a side eye with my afro lol
So refreshing to see heads of that full 9ja hair! Goodness. We definitely beat Beyonce in the amount of weaving we do, lol, but this meet-up is just NICE. Love being Nigerian!
I’m about to cry, I am so happy to see my fellow Nigerian naturals looking absolutely GLORIOUS at that event. I will definitely go to one next time I’m back home.
Wow! As a Congolese woman I am proud to see my Nigerian sis repping naturals. The meeting looked great and all you ladies look beautiful!!! The natural movement is definitely on…
This really makes me happy. For a long time I have thought that a lot of women in NJA (my country) are brainwashed by the American definition of beauty. I happy see this.
Europe and Africa (and their beauty standard) existed long before America was even thought about AND have influenced many things (good and bad) that we see today. So, i would suggest looking inward at your own culture before throwing shade abroad.
I’m pretty sure the person you replied to was simply referring to what we all know as the ‘Western’ standard of beauty which is still pretty eminent today and includes American standards. I would interpret her statement as either a metonymy or synecdochical.
Either way, she has a point and it is a fact that a lot of Nigerians are influenced heavily by Western standards of beauty (and that includes American standards). Yes, things are changing in America and other parts of the Western world in that not every one sees straight hair as the definition of beauty, but there is no denying that it was the standard and many Nigerians were brainwashed by it. The argument that Nigeria existed before America (which is a logically invalid argument, by the way, as the entity was put together by Lord Lugard in 1914 and became independent just over 50 years ago)has NOTHING to do with the fact that people were brainwashed by Western (including American) standards of beauty. So technically, your statement about looking inward at your own culture makes no sense in this context.
I live in Atlanta, GA and have a lot of Nigerian and Ghanaian friends and none of them, not one of them are natural. All weaves and perms. I guess this can be perceived as the American standard of beauty as it is mostly the European(colonialized)idea of beauty that has pretty much touched every continent.
Great! BGLH, thanks for this inspiration. First Nairobi, now Lagos. A natural hair meet-up in Lusaka is in the works of only we can get ourselves organised. So wonderful to see the natural hair movement growing all over the continent.
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Hi, I wonder if you have the contact for this group or to get more information about this event. If you do, please share. Email is OmoduduosunAThotmailDOTcom
Thank you!
Oooh, this is awesome. Would have loved to be there.
I wonder if there was one last year…?
I am sooooo pissed I missed this! I wear my natural hair, moved back home a few months ago and EVERY darn time I step into a salon, people give me this look and go “are you sure you don’t want to relax your hair.”
It is so frustrating. I want to be able to take care of my natural hair and since I am no longer living in NY, I don’t have access to my usual stuff! So help me out BGLH! Tell me where I can get access to these products in Lagos… or when the next meet up will be… PLEASE!
Thanks!
Google the Kinky Apothecary. They sell products in Lagos, and they are also having a meet-up this month!
Awww, wish I could have been there! Anyone know if there’s going to one in December/January?
Really glad to see this, it kind of saddens me that all this started popping up after leaving Nigeria. Hope to be back soon.
FYI there will be another natural hair meet up in Lagos this weekend (December 18th) being organized by Nibi of The Kinky Apothecary (she was featured on BGLH a while ago) and the ladies of Leave in the Kinks! I’m planning to be there :). Details can be found at http://thekinkyapothecary.blogspot.com/2011/11/champagne-cupcakes-curltalkthe-birthday.html
wow!!!! i saw the headline and I was like no way!!!!! someone made a comment abt the amt of weaves you see in Nigeria and we do own half of or more of all the hair made in Brazil,India, malaysia and the likes lol. Did not knw Nigeria had that many natural “peeps” Great turn out on event. I am sure it wasnt easy to organize hopefully I can visit one when next am in Lagos 🙂 My mom still gives me a side eye with my afro lol
So inspiring, yay!!!
amazing! makes me so proud to be a naija girl!
These pictures made my heart warm! I’m so glad natural hair is a growing global movement as one of the posters said before. Yay!
ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL! Everything about these photos bring a smile to my face!
As a Nigerian-American woman, seeing these pictures did my heart good!
I’d kill for those beautiful printed dresses the ladies had on in the 3rd photo. <3 I love these pictures ladies!!!
I love this!! And if I was home, I would’ve attended in Lagos Silver Spring to be exact??
Man, it’s really nice to see pics like this out of Africa.
It is so wonderful to see an event like that take place on the home continent!
Big up Africa! Hope to see many more soon.
So refreshing to see heads of that full 9ja hair! Goodness. We definitely beat Beyonce in the amount of weaving we do, lol, but this meet-up is just NICE. Love being Nigerian!
I’m about to cry, I am so happy to see my fellow Nigerian naturals looking absolutely GLORIOUS at that event. I will definitely go to one next time I’m back home.
Go Naija!!
That’s how I feel, too, like I’m dang near ready to cry. It’s awesome to see this happening!
Wow! As a Congolese woman I am proud to see my Nigerian sis repping naturals. The meeting looked great and all you ladies look beautiful!!! The natural movement is definitely on…
This warmed my heart! So glad we are ALL embracing ourselves all around the world! #Love
Ditto! Just beautiful.
i want my hair like the last pic!!! such beautiful natural hair women, luuuuuuvvvvv it!!!
Yeah that is a hot style!!
!Wow! This is such a wonderful thing to see..
I love to see our beautiful sisters from all over the diaspora!
Seriously, this is what I like to see. Well done and come to Sierra Leone!
WOW. i’m loving this!
Two thumbs up! 😀
Oh my Gosh all those Ladies look Gorgeous, Go Naija Babes.
This really makes me happy. For a long time I have thought that a lot of women in NJA (my country) are brainwashed by the American definition of beauty. I happy see this.
Europe and Africa (and their beauty standard) existed long before America was even thought about AND have influenced many things (good and bad) that we see today. So, i would suggest looking inward at your own culture before throwing shade abroad.
I’m pretty sure the person you replied to was simply referring to what we all know as the ‘Western’ standard of beauty which is still pretty eminent today and includes American standards. I would interpret her statement as either a metonymy or synecdochical.
Either way, she has a point and it is a fact that a lot of Nigerians are influenced heavily by Western standards of beauty (and that includes American standards). Yes, things are changing in America and other parts of the Western world in that not every one sees straight hair as the definition of beauty, but there is no denying that it was the standard and many Nigerians were brainwashed by it. The argument that Nigeria existed before America (which is a logically invalid argument, by the way, as the entity was put together by Lord Lugard in 1914 and became independent just over 50 years ago)has NOTHING to do with the fact that people were brainwashed by Western (including American) standards of beauty. So technically, your statement about looking inward at your own culture makes no sense in this context.
+1
Thank you!
I live in Atlanta, GA and have a lot of Nigerian and Ghanaian friends and none of them, not one of them are natural. All weaves and perms. I guess this can be perceived as the American standard of beauty as it is mostly the European(colonialized)idea of beauty that has pretty much touched every continent.
my thoughts exactly glad to see people breaking free from that conditioned mentality
This is really exciting. It feels like this is a “global” movement. Yay!
Job well done to those who organised it and attended. Looks like it was loads of fun…
Great! BGLH, thanks for this inspiration. First Nairobi, now Lagos. A natural hair meet-up in Lusaka is in the works of only we can get ourselves organised. So wonderful to see the natural hair movement growing all over the continent.
Lets plan for a Lusaka meetup this would be great,embracing our natural hair