Biggest hair festival set for Cape Town
Cape Town – The “bossiekop brigade” is getting ready to take over the Cape Town International Convention Centre (CTICC) next weekend for the third Cape Town Natural Hair Festival.
Organised by Cape Town Naturally, the festival is a celebration of all things natural.
Amanda Cooke, one of the five-member team of organisers, said the festival grew out of a need to “be real with yourself, connect to your roots and be authentic”.
The women met at various points, and with a shared interest in natural hair, “they clicked”.
Nobody had products, and there were only a few international products available for “natties”.
Cooke questioned the myth that your beauty is in your hair, and the straighter the hair the more beautiful you are.
“People are tired of being fake,” said Cooke.
The first Natural Hair Festival in Muizenberg in 2016 attracted 35 people; a year later at the Canvas Event Space in Paarden Eiland, 800 people pitched.
Source: iol.co.za