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Pulse: Why hair matters

Gaia Manco, JohannesburgSeptember 20, 2016

The subject of hair and how you wear it has made headlines in South Africa. Back in August, a group of students at Pretoria Girls High School staged a protest against a school policy they say banned their natural hair, requiring them to chemically straighten or braid it to conform to the school's strict code of conduct. The girls' protest sparked a national debate about racism in schools.

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