black beauty

Afro hair, Afro beauty, Afro Italian

Paper
Addes Tesfamariam
05/09/2016
21 minutes to read

Micro-hegemony, a term introduced by Blommaert and Varis, refers to the dynamic complexity of values, beliefs and perceptions that shape one’s identity. Here I show how hair, beauty and nationality framed my Afro-Black-European identity.