Across Africa and in the diaspora, people with dreadlocks are being turned away from job interviews, told their hair looks unprofessional, and in some countries, barred from school entirely. DW’s The 77 Percent heads to the Summerjam Festival in Cologne to ask: why is African hair still political — and what will it take to change that?
00:26 — Welcome to Summerjam in Cologne!
00:49 — What do locs mean to you? Festival crowd speaks out
01:20 — Andrew Murphy AKA Mr. Summerjam on pride, locs and self-esteem
04:19 — Cowrie shells, African heritage and stereotypes
08:45 — Are locs unprofessional at work in Germany?
11:02 — Grant from Jamaica: Locs, Rastafarian culture and cultural appropriation
13:38 — Is it cultural appropriation when non-Black people wear locs?
15:38 — How to grow long locs: Tips from Summerjam fans
15:57 — Locs in Kenya with Edith Kimani: Discrimination, the Mau Mau and political defiance
19:25 — Ghana schools: Are dreadlocks linked to academic performance?
20:48 — How can young people change perceptions of natural hair
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