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To weave or not to weave
Dear people of Azania

I have ignored this for a while but eventually i had to write about it. so here it is.....
I've come to realize how hard it is being a woman in this country these days, many people think they've got an opinion on how we should look like. especially with our hair. everybody seem to have an opinion on our hair these days. taking about being all African and loving your natural hair.

It funny how brothers talk so much about something we barely permit them to touch. I've had many of them convincing but yet debatable conversations with them brothers, which is why i finally decided to write about this. Most of them are of course with the rest of the world judging sisters who weave their hair. Saying things like the sister is not proud of her heritage if she happens to be living under the lifestyle of wearing weaves *sighs* that's an opinion i get that but what i have come to realize is that most of these brothers dates or used to date women with weaves but now find women who are considered 'natural' more cheap and affordable.  It ironically how brothers don't judge the sisters who skin bleach and change their colour of original birth. they always find them beautiful  or attractive "Yellow Bones" right? but yet judge women who wear weaves *that's a story for another day*

What gets to my nerves mostly is them sisters who judge other sisters calming they are better then them because they choose to go natural or to braid their hair. these sisters claim they know and respect their traditions as if the other group does not. what i always find amusing is the fact that 98% of these sisters had been wearing weaves before this 'being natural' saga started trending. Now that they've decided to change their lifestyle suddenly this is wrong. (wow). On the other hand you find our 'celebrities sisters' who preach being natural wearing these afro weaves, the fact that it is afro and it almost look like your hair does not take away the fact that it a WEAVE.

one more thing we should notice is that the other group who wear weaves don't go around calling the other group names nor claiming they are pretty than them. *think about it*

I know this will cause lot of havoc and debates but it is my VIEW and as a permanent VOTING citizen i think it counts. PERSONALLY, i am a person of tradition, was raised with customs and traditions and i am very much cultural grounded. I love and respect my culture and traditions because i believe they made me the person that i am today. i can say that i am a mixture of both, i love being a Nubian princess that i am, but i also wear weaves from time to time and honestly looking at myself in the mirror with these two characters i always see me. i always say it is the person within you that counts you be all natural and all but if your deeds say other wise then you are a waste.

I believe i am always beautiful whether with my natural afro, wearing a doek or with weave all in all throughout these characters i am still me. the person who love and respect her heritage. I AM AN AFRICAN i value myself and my people I AM AFRICAN PRIDE, I AM A BLACK GIRL MAGIC, I AM A CHILD OF AZANIA, DAUGHTER OF THE SOIL

Azania open view
Khanyi Mdlui