The school hairstyle protest in Soweto
When black students at an elite school in South Africa's capital protested over how teachers treated them over their hair, everyone noticed. It's not the same in township schools.
When black students at an elite school in South Africa's capital protested over how teachers treated them over their hair, everyone noticed. It's not the same in township schools.
The policing of black hair often begins at a very young age, in the most subtle and intimate spaces, long before you get to school.