Sabina Seldon

Hair Piece (Peace): A multi-strand hair story

The subject of black women and their hair seems to have come under the spotlight lately, particularly with the resurgence of the natural hair movement. Some, like author, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie claim hair is political. Others, like...

Alice Tavaya – In the Wonderland of Photography

“There is a beauty in decay,” she says. Perhaps it has something to do with the way one sees but I am not so sure. “My attraction is two- fold,” she tells me. “I...

Nontsikelelo Mutiti – Hair braiding as Art

When did you first become interested in hair? How did this manifest itself?I moved to New Haven, Connecticut for graduate school in July 2009. I’d twisted my hair for the long trip to the States the night...

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I want my art to explore the fantasy of what if we treated women the same way we treated men. Would ambuya...

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The image of Nehanda Charwe Nyakasikana is bitterly etched into the collective consciousness of Zimbabwe. It comes from a photograph that was...

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