Hair

Recently I have been noticing that many people - woman especially - here in Cape Town are wearing extensions, weaves and whatever else they call false hair or worse still human hair. I have always been in favour of sticking with the hair i was born with as curly and croes as it may be, it is part of what makes up this particular being, Lorna. Natural and connection with nature has always been me so i can't begin to understand why other people want to hide away their natural hair. I can only but think it is the same / similar reason why they may straighten their hair - because of the idea that Black is ugly. Black kinky / curly hair, black big lips, black fat nose, etc The truth is that not only black people have these features and that we are all beautiful. [By black people I refer to a wide range of Blackness]

It is sad that we cannot be Black and proud and see the beauty of our blackness that we need to spend thousands of rands on hair - sometimes hair stolen from another's head! - just to make ourselves feel beautiful. We see ourselves through the eyes of the white man and woman, believe the untruths of blackness is ugliness and stupidity, Africa is backward and in need of eternal reams of advice from people from the north. Eyes unable to see the humanity and beauty of black culture.

Wake Up!!!!!!!!

We are beauty, peace, love, purity, bliss. We are all the virtues of hope, harmony, justice, joy and more just like white people we are beautiful.

Wake Up!!!! Go inside yourself, connect with yourself and discover the treasure chest of beauty that is hidden under life's trauma and suffering.

Take a look inside your own heart and see the love that lives there and know that you don't need false or human hair, you are beautiful just the way you are. :)