Member Review

This is a wide ranging and compelling look at why black hair matters and why matters relating to it are so complicated. It's about hair, but it's also about the history of the oppression of black people across hundreds of years - from pre-colonial Africa through to the present day.

I read this not long after reading A'Leila Bundle's book about Madam C J Walker and it made for an interesting contrast - I thought that was a bit overly sympathetic at the time and I think now if I had read this first I wouldn't have finished the other! This covers Madam CJ and puts her in her historical context as well as looking at other black entrepreneurs in the spectrum. But it's much much broader than that. I learnt a lot.

And if you're looking for more books by black authors about black history to read at the moment, this is a great choice.