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This book is part memoir of a mixed-raced girl growing up in Ireland in the 80's and 90's and part social commentary/history of black people within the diaspora with black hair as the focus.
I actually enjoyed this much more than I was expecting. It seemed to be well researched and was more fact than opinion with many angles given consideration. And it really was about black hair and always came back to that. It ...more
This book is part memoir of a mixed-raced girl growing up in Ireland in the 80's and 90's and part social commentary/history of black people within the diaspora with black hair as the focus.
I actually enjoyed this much more than I was expecting. It seemed to be well researched and was more fact than opinion with many angles given consideration. And it really was about black hair and always came back to that. It ...more
Don’t waste your time...
I found this book really dragged to start with, but once it got going it was a really interesting read. It was more academic that I thought it would be and
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