Esi Sagay: African Hairstyle, Styles of yesterday and today.

Heinemann, London-Ibadan-Nairobi, 1983, 108 Seiten mit mehr als 150 Bildern. Taschenbuch, Paperback.

This is the first book to put together ancient and modern concepts in African hair design. Esi Sagay was inspired by her research in the United States into African beauty culture at a time when blacks in America and the Caribbean were tracing their African descent and culture. The author outlines the history of hair culture in Africa and then shows how she has adapted these styles into modern fashions which have been widely publicized in the USA and England. The traditional and modern sections of the book are superbly illustrated with the emphasis in the latter section on how to create such styles at home and in the salon." - Acknowledgements - Introduction - Styles of Yesterday - Ancient Egypt - North Africa - West Africa ? the Sahel - Tropical West Africa - Central Africa - East Atrica - Southern Africa - Malagasy Republic - Styles of Today - Cornrowing - Hair Threading - Haircare - Bibliography.