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“Don’t Mind My Hair” Would you cut your hair in order to get a job? In Afro Archives “A Performer’s World” I asked actors a very specific question “Would you shave off all your hair for a film?” THE ACTING WORLD vs THE REAL WORLD When I asked this question to actors, it got mixed […]
The history of the head wrap is vast, political, and cultural. That’s why I dedicated a whole hour to it. My Afro Archives On Air podcast number 3 is dedicated to Head Wraps. With my first live guest, Sandra Soteriou of Knots UK, we travelled the world from Japan, to Nigeria, discussing head wraps. We […]
Second week. Afro Archives on Air. We were all about “Free The Hair” Have a listen here Free The Hair was the topic of Afro Archives on Air, 9th March 2018. This second week I brought together women I met at World Afro Day on 15th September 2017. Namely Valley Fontaine and Professor Wendy […]
On 2nd March 2018, Wandsworth Radio welcomed Afro Archives as part of its launch of “Female Friday”. It was the beginning of Afro Archives on Air You can read the transcript here and have a listen too “Female Friday”: is now on every Friday at WandsworthRadio.com Afro Archives is scheduled at 3pm to 4pm I […]
Hair Stories On 28th November 2017 “My Fro & Me” – Hair Stories from Women of Colour – was at The National Theatre, London, UK. We talked hair, culture, identity, Eurocentric ideals of beauty on our stage and screens, and discrimination. Endlessly Afro. “The prime responsibility of the theatre is to show a culture its […]
https://youtu.be/UbWqOWDvAy0 An Extract from “We Dance We Work We Sing” created and performed by Ayesha Casely-Hayford at Strood Libraries in Kent, with Lyrici Arts Solo Theatre My solo theatre journey began through creation in workshop with director Colin Watkeys. We Dance We Work We Sing Firstly, to begin at the beginning. I began creating this […]
Afro Archives Episode Ten: Why Go Natural With Your Hair? “Why Go Natural With Your Hair?” “It’s important to go natural because it’s who we are…let loose…let ourselves out…just be you” – says actress Alice Fofana. I wanted to ask this question “ Why Go Natural With Your Hair?” for our October release because it […]
Afro Archives Episode Nine: What Do You Do After You’ve Washed Your Hair? What Do You Do After You’ve Washed Your Hair? Shrinking hair, flexible hair, shiny, soft, fresh, bouncy – leave-in conditioner, no conditioner, blow-dry or shake it and go. Such variety among the actors in Afro Archives Episode Nine as we describe what we do […]
Afro Archives Episode Eight: How Do You Take Your Hair To Work? How Do You Take Your Hair To Work? A reveal into the world of extensions and wigs. The fixable practice of hair for beauty and health reasons. I think of this part of the hair experience as being a secret world. You have to […]
Does Your Hair Affect Preparing Character Parts For Auditions? Until now, the women have dominated Afro Archives, we have a lot to say! This topic of preparing character parts was no exception: “You don’t have an office worker with afro hair” is a theme running throughout. In Afro Archives episode 7 the men give us […]
