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Activist and author Zulaikha Patel launched her first book, My Coily Crowny Hair, which aims to empower young girls to embrace their natural hair.
Zulaikha Patel Celebrates Black Hair With New Book 'My Coily Crowny Hair'
News of South African activist Zulaikha Patel releasing a new children's book titled 'My Coily Crowny Hair' had us leaping for joy.
releasing her debut book, a children's title aptly named
My Coily Crowny Hair, which aims to encourage young Black girls to embrace their natural hair. The book's foreword is written by fellow South African and
Coming 2 America actress Nomzamo Mbatha. The young South African activist was thrust into the media spotlight at age 13 for calling out outdated racist hair policies at Pretoria Girls High in 2016.