du twist à Cocody ou l'art de la natte
Diby Yao Christophe
du twist à Cocody ou l'art de la natte
Photographs: Diby Yao Christophe
Publisher: Editions Dalfoz
42 pages
Year: 1972
Comments: Softcover, 18 x 23,9 cm, b&w photographs. The spine is a little loose otherwise in good condition. (See picture). Text in English and French.
“Why do some of our stylish women prefere [sic] bleached hair or wigs to genuine African creations? One’s real hair, in my opinion, is worth more than faked hair, and an art evolved over time is always better than imported styles of others. I meet many of you who pretend to be European, trying to dress and act like white women.
Oh, my Black Sisters, why are you trying to forget that you are African? Great poets have sung the glory of your bodies and I, a humble photographer, have caught a few of your marvelous braids and tresses.
The times change, but your natural beauty endures.”
- Afterword, from the book
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