Changing your hair starts with changing your mind about what it means to love yourself as you are — When I was growing up in 1990s Nigeria, achievable “beautiful” hair was roughly shoulder length, relaxed, straight hair on a strict six-to-eight-week maintenance schedule, where your new growth would be retouched once “due.” …

I’ve been reflecting on a recent tweet by a prominent and influential Nigerian religious leader on the lengths his wife goes to support him, and on Nigerian Twitter’s response to his tweet. …