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The Pursuit of Nappiness is an exhibition to share my life changing experience of entering a world where natural hair is not just normal but adorably prevalent. Read more about the experience. Wanna help? We appreciate it if you:
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My camera, my weapon
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The title "A Choice of Weapons" of the exhibition to honor the legendary Gordon Parks happens to perfectly describes my connection to the groundbreaking and award-winning photographer.
I got in!
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A Choice of Weapons: The New Renaissance Artists, that is. An exhibition by African Voices to honor Gordon Parks. See what pictures were chosen and help me choose the rest.
A World of Difference
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My world literary changed when I entered the BAM Dance Africa Festival Fair in 2004. For the first time in my adult life I was in an environment where natural hairstyles were not just prevalent, the styles were outrageously beautiful.
Video of visitors sharing their experience
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Rather than me saying that the exhibition was a great success watch this video of visitors sharing their experience about the Pursuit of Nappiness.
Why I take pictures
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Like so many daughters of the Diaspora, I had my hair relaxed when I was a teenager. I didn’t know any better than that it was a rite of passage and I was happy to have my Afro straightened.
