What Is Good Hair?: An Age Old Debate Untangled

By Thembekile Dube

What Is Good Hair? is a science-based manual for the maintenance and upkeep of hair of those of African descent. As a biologist, Thembekile's understanding of the scientific properties of human hair is combined with her fifteen plus years of personal experience with hair care in order to deliver an intriguing and informative approach to taking care of hair. Using an "of the earth" method, she teaches readers how hair can be maintained using items found in the kitchen of many homes. These methods provide very little addition of toxins and harmful chemicals into the hair and body. The best part is that they are sooo much more affordable than store-bought products! This book provides a general level of understanding into how most natural hair should be handled and cared for in order to maintain basic health and encourage growth.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.
• Release date: May 9, 2024
• ISBN: 9798887516226

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What Is Good Hair?

An Age Old Debate Untangled

Thembekile Dube

ISBN 979-8-88751-621-9 (paperback)

ISBN 979-8-88751-623-3 (hardcover)

ISBN 979-8-88751-622-6 (digital)

Copyright © 2024 by Thembekile Dube

All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, distributed, or transmitted in any form or by any means, including photocopying, recording, or other electronic or mechanical methods without the prior written permission of the publisher. For permission requests, solicit the publisher via the address below.

Christian Faith Publishing

832 Park Avenue

Meadville, PA 16335

www.christianfaithpublishing.com

Printed in the United States of America

Table of Contents

This book is dedicated to myself, Thembekile Dube, for all of the times you gazed in the mirror and questioned your beauty because of the condition of the plant on your head.

I also dedicate this to any and every one who needs more love. You got this!

Special dedication to my beautiful mother, Sithabile Mathwasa. I wouldn't be here without you.

Introduction

Chapter 1

What Is Good Hair?

Chapter 2

Clean Hair

Chapter 3

Strong Hair

Chapter 4

Hydrated Hair

Chapter 5

Minimal Breakage

Chapter 6

Protective Styles

Chapter 7

Diet

Conclusion

Bibliography

About the Author

This book is dedicated to myself, Thembekile Dube, for all of the times you gazed in the mirror and questioned your beauty because of the condition of the plant on your head.

I also dedicate this to any and every one who needs more love. You got this!

Special dedication to my beautiful mother, Sithabile Mathwasa. I wouldn't be here without you.

Introduction

Growing up in a black home, regardless of gender, hair is bound to be a subject of importance in one's daily life. The idea of leaving the house not looking crazy is drilled into our minds by those who want the best for us. This idea of looking crazy often centers around our clothes and hair alike. Unlike clothing, hair can only be altered so much in order to fit the beauty standards, or at minimum to not look crazy. So alter we often do, until the locks on our heads share some resemblance to those of individuals blessed to be born with good hair.

As a child with naturally very thick 4C hair, I quickly came to terms with the fact that waking up and walking out of the house with my hair in near natural state (water and comb) would be the very equivalent of what many black mothers would describe as looking crazy. I expeditiously discovered the magnificence that is the creamy crack inside a pretty and pink "just