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Dope G (Sam Sakala) a hip hop artist from Lusaka, Zambia
"To be able to touch hearts...is really amazing." I want to... spark something inside people".  View his video "My Hair".
"Chime Edwards created a video about the history of black women's hair" and inferiority complex" (YouTube)
​TK Wonder Talks Hair: Her Regimen, Traveling  and Differences Between  Hair
Singer, TK Wonder shares her hair regimen, favorite products, personal experiences traveling as a natural hair woman (including airports) plus Cipriana and TK Wonder discuss the differences between their hair, despite being twins.
A Creation Story by  Natasha Ngaiza
"A Creation Story," follows the intimate relationship between a mother and a daughter's hair history using clay animation and live action.
"Good hair" and other Dubious Distinctions a film which attempts to incite meaningful conversation. The film is well paced and beautifully shot. Interview segments are juxtaposed against footage of the filmmaker as she prepares for the birth of her third child challenging the viewer to admit to the common practice of mapping “desirable” traits unto unborn children. Through personal stories, historical discussion and sociological analysis the film functions as a critique. A loving one which offers a message of strength and hope in the face of cultural practices which work to damage the self-esteem, and possibly, life chances of those whose physical characteristics have been defined as less desirable by their family, friends and neighbors.
A man who couldn't find a black doll in the shops as a gift for his niece decided to take matters into his own hands.

In 2007, Taofick Okoya, 43, created his own doll that Nigerian girls could identify with by recreating their skin colour and style - and it is now so successful that it is outselling Barbie.
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Sa-Roc: To Weave Or Not To Weave
Sa-Roc discusses to weave or not to weave. She muses on the historical and psychological significance of Africans and weaves and straight hair.