Hair Peace: A Natural Hair Anthem

Phoenix, AZ—September 2011 Natural hair stylist, Essence China Farmer, presents to you “HAIR PEACE,” her original spoken word piece centered around natural hair.

The title of the video itself, “HAIR PEACE,” comes to serve that very purpose: for us as African-Americans to come to peace with our natural hair. HAIR PEACE does not just educate us, but it also serves as an anthem for our natural-haired women and men everywhere!

This spoken word speaks on the parallel between loving our natural hair and loving ourselves all in a Euro-centric society focused around everything that we are not. HAIR PEACE does not intend to demote those who do not have natural hair but to instead it seeks to eradicate the negative stereotypes of natural hair that stem from a society that demeans us if we do not look like the straight-haired women in the media.

HAIR PEACE also goes into how natural hair in the black community has been labeled an abomination in many cases because of generational thinking dating back to slavery. But we are, in fact, rare and precious in the Father’s eye with our uniquely-texted hair that others covet!

HAIR PEACE not only encourages self-worth but also self-consciousness of our authentic self. Natural hair does not equate nappy or unkemptness! Our hair is versatile, freeing, empowering, and we need to embrace, and not hate, ourselves for what we were blessed to have: our natural hair.

This video was cultivated, directed and edited by Shanice Johnson.
Disclaimer: We are not affiliated with any brands or trademarked images filmed within this video. 

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