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Weaving tales: Barber Shop Chronicles and theatre's wave of black hair shows by Bridget Minamore

Inua Ellams' hit play bounces between barbers around the world, taking audiences into a male world of rituals and politics, while women share their own hair stories in My Fro and Me The politics that surround the way black people choose (or don't choose) to style (or not style) their hair can be a tangled issue beyond the salon. Theatre-makers are increasingly tackling the subject in stylish ways. In 2015, as part of…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:48PM on December 6, 2017

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