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IZEHI AMADASU

APRIL 14 2023

What is Special Hair?

IZEHI AMADASU•APRIL 14 2023

What is Special Hair?

Irrespective of what anyone thinks, I have decided that the hair I was born with—this coarse, springy, dark hair that grows towards the sun—is special, not because of its length, thickness, texture, or any reason other than because it is my hair and I have decided to love it.

What is Special Hair?

IZEHI AMADASU•APRIL 14 2023

What is Special Hair?

Irrespective of what anyone thinks, I have decided that the hair I was born with—this coarse, springy, dark hair that grows towards the sun—is special, not because of its length, thickness, texture, or any reason other than because it is my hair and I have decided to love it.