Know Your Origin: ‘My Hair Reflects Who I Am’
One woman, part of a project to celebrate and preserve the history of stories about black women, said she was “passionate” about helping people have their voices heard.
Organized by Josephine Melville workshops and recorded interviews across Essex, in Basildon, Colchester and Southend.
“Know Your Roots is very important to me because the way black women style their hair, the way they wear their hair and feel comfortable with their hair is an ongoing thing but never really,” she said. be solved.
Speech and photography exhibition will be held at the 3rd Space Gallery and Community Center in Southend in January.
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