Were you natural before you met your husband? If no. What did he think when you made the change?
I had relaxed hair when I met him. He actually tried persuading me to go natural. He would laugh at me everytime I came from the salon and would tease me that my hair looked 'cooked'. He was happy when I went natural.
How did people react on your new change?
Interestingly people admired it. Some give passed some negative comments about how the hair falls out etc. They said negative comments but I didn't pay attention to them because it was on my head and it's my hair!
Amongst all the Ghanaian soups or there my least favorite is groundnut soup. Yeah I shocked you didn't I? How? Well when you have spent three years in secondary school eating the same soup with gari, rice and kenkey it kinda grows on you. I could have sworn my blood was replaced by the brown liquid by the time school was done with me.
So here I was preparing the same thing just to make sure my skills hadn't rusted over the years. I was also hoping to surprise my boo with some local dish for dinner.
So most of your mates have relaxed their hair. What has been their response for keeping yours in its natural state?
They ask why i haven't relaxed it yet. The thing is I love my fro’ and even though its taking time to grow i love it just the same. Also my Mom and sister are both natural so nothing anyone will say will make me bother about their negative comments.
What brought about the change from relaxed to natural?
M.N Well, I have always had a very sensitive scalp which made relaxing my hair very painful (she grimaced as she recollected the past) The thing is every time I relaxed my hair, it wouldn't even look relaxed. It just looked curly. So I decided it was enough!
I do well to watch at least one of the quarterly plays by Uncle Ebo Whyte. Each play has been hilarious, thought-provoking and always brought a sense of community amongst the audience. So when I got tickets to see FORBIDDEN I wasn’t expecting less. FORBIDDEN is a play of deceit, unfaithfulness, faith and blind love bound together in humor and song.
I had already heard of people going to watch FORBDIDEN about four times after their first experience. And to say my curiosity wasn’t perked would be an understatement. I rushed from the house at 3:30pm knowing full well how prompt the curtain lifts at 4pm. I was just in time!
Here's my review of the play:
#Africa2015 is a photography competition you would be interested in whether you are a professional or amateur photographer in Ghana or Africa. Aside the fantastic prize of US $2,000 for each category with an additional $2,000 for the ultimate prize winner, which is enough motivation; the challenge is also excellent platform on creating content for Africa.
O.Q Why did you go natural?
N.O Well, it was actually my Mom who inspired me because her hair has been natural for a very long time. So she encouraged me to keep my hair natural after school.
In certain institutions outside Ghana where reputation is highly regarded, lets take; a student-lecturer relationship is forbidden. The lecturer can be dismissed because of the relationship. I know of one company in Ghana that has made it forbidden for staff to have amorous relationships. A couple in that company got married and both of them got the sack. In some banks, although its not forbidden they may not put two dating people in the same branch or department. But generally as human beings aren’t we always doing the forbidden? Either because of the excitement of being caught or lack of self-control or the fact that our basal elements gets the better of us. At one point or the other we court with what is forbidden. The consequences of indulging in forbidden acts are often seen over time or occurs instantly. Would you say Tiger Woods did a forbidden act which led to the plunge in his career?
#MyKpenkpeshie is a natural hair feature on the everyday Ghanaian woman and her natural hair journey. Kpenkpeshie is a Ga word which has long been used to describe tough natural hair. And thats how I grew up calling my hair even up untill now. Join me on this journey as i get to understand why Ghanaian women are going natural and how far their natural hair journey has been.
So recently, I told my boyfriend now my fiancé of my intention to wear my natural hair during the wedding and guess what ? He said ‘Eh?’ And laughed. But it wasn’t a laughter of scorn to belittle me. I don’t blame him as I had been referring to my hair as kpenkpeshie after some days of not combing it. And all he could see was flatish clumpy hair. But he loves my hair too.
I then said, ‘herh! I am going to blog about your reaction! Do you think there aren’t beautiful hairstyles for natural hair for weddings? Let me educate you!'
The Jollof wars hasn't been won yet. So whilst Nigeria and Ghana battle on who makes the best jollof, here are some awesome Jollof memes to enjoy and share.
