Why read Queens?

Book cover of Queens: Portraits of Black Women and their Fabulous Hair

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Crowns photographer Michael Cunningham and author and journalist George Alexander have captured the marvelous trinity of black women, hair, and beauty salons in the glorious Queens: Portraits of Black Women and Their Fabulous Hair.

Angela Garner says that “The beauty salon is the one great thing we get to share…

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Why read it?

1 author picked Queens as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

St. Clair Detrick-Jules

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The narratives in this book from women in the United States, London, and Ghana--accompanied by gorgeous portraits--capture a slice of the Black hair diaspora and the place where it all started: West Africa. The title says it all and yet can’t begin to capture the gorgeous array of women, hairstyles, and lived experiences captured by Cunningham and Alexander.

From St.'s list on celebrating Black hair.