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Cyrus Majebi Co-founder @ TwoCents, plugME • Lagos • 10 months, 2 weeks ago
<p>Love the narration. 💯</p><p>I guess there’s a socio-cultural dynamic to why men keep their hair short in these parts…</p><p>Society says that it shows you’re well-groomed, responsible etc…and people tend to label you a certain type of you keep long hair, locks etc.</p><p>They’d excuse folks in entertainment, sports erc for having stylish hair, but the average guy, having “stand out” or super stylish hair would get bad labels..</p><p>This is changing, it’s very different from like 10, 20 years ago, but many norms…</p>
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Suzanne Nanyonge Translation and Journalism @ Buea • Buea, Cameroon • 10 months, 2 weeks ago

Great.

Now, that leads me to another question. Who exactly is this "society" we always talk about. The society that decides what is good or not good..

Well, another food for thought.

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Cyrus Majebi Co-founder @ TwoCents, plugME • Lagos, Nigeria • 10 months, 2 weeks ago

…still dictate what’s acceptable and what’s not.

Me for one, I like the idea of styling my hair. Lol

I still haven’t given up on wearing locks. Lol

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