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Nappyisms: Affirmations for Nappy-Headed People and Wannabes!

The Promised Land for “Mosetta” is the unaltered texture of natural black hair.

“Nappy Hair” By Carolivia Herron

“Nappy Hair” is a lively, empowering story about Brenda’s knotted-up, twisted, nappy hair and how it got to be that way!

Nappily Married: A Novel

Venus Johnston debuted with brazen personality and spirited humor in Nappily Ever After as she searched for the holy grail of marriage.

Hair Story: Untangling the Roots of Black Hair in America

In this entertaining and concise survey, Byrd (a research chief for Vibe) and Tharps (a reporter for Entertainment Weekly) revel in the social, cultural and economic significance of African-American hair from 1400 to the present.

Let’s Talk Hair: Every Black Woman’s Personal Consultation for Healthy Growing Hair

Pamela Ferrell’s natural hair care system has helped thousands of women grow healthy hair.

Nappily Ever After

She shaves her hair to a quarter-inch stubble, tells Clint to pack his bags and spends the rest of Thomas’s empowering debut novel building a new life to match the new woman she’s become.

Happy to Be Nappy

Comb through the surface and find a celebration of childhood and girls and the freedom to express individuality.

Textured Tresses

Textured hair styles like locs, braids, twists, cornrows, and knots are all the rage, adorning the heads of celebrities, athletes, and everyday folk now more than ever before.

Hair Rules!

Hair-care and style expert A. Dickey has written Hair Rules! to end the frustration faced by women with curly hair every day.

Curly Girl: The Handbook

Lorraine Massey, a professional hairstylist and passionate proponent of curly hair, celebrates the curly gurl way of life, from hair care to carefree attitude.