http://www.locksandlinks.com/blogs Thu, 24 Sep 2009 16:17:06 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en It seems it's not just Nigerian football managers that have a problem with dreadlocks, the area manager of a prison in South Africa isn't too impressed by them either! Mandla Mkabela of Pollsmoor Prison says that allowing Rastafarian warders to wear dreadlocks would "open the floodgates" of indiscipline. Dreadlocks definitely ... http://www.locksandlinks.com/blogs/2008/09/more-dreadlock-problems/ Black Hair Necklace Sonya Clark is currently exhibiting at the Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, Maryland. Her exhibition, "Loose Stands, Tight Knots", ends Sept. 21st so you've still got plenty of time to see it. The show features art pieces that she's made from her hair (and that of other women). If you're in the ... http://www.locksandlinks.com/blogs/2008/08/black-hair-art-by-sonya-clark/ DreadlocksYou're not going to see too many dreadlocks at Beijing in the coming weeks, well at least not on members of the Nigerian football team. In an attempt to instill focus and discipline, the team's manager, Samson Siasia, has banned dreadlocks and 'weird hairdos' from their camp. Apparently ... http://www.locksandlinks.com/blogs/2008/08/no-dreads-at-the-olympics/ Because my mum came round to take her braids out. There was a lot of them and they were very small :-(. She was going to have her hair re-plaited and as the hair stylist lives closer to me she thought it would be best to have it done round mine, ... http://www.locksandlinks.com/blogs/2008/07/i-didnt-get-much-sleep-last-night/ Yes, we've finally got a blog up and running on the site. We'll be inviting guest writers - hair salon owners, barbers, stylists and private individuals to tell us about their experiences with Black Hair. There'll be opinion pieces, interviews, audio clips, video clips - all sorts of things; serious, humourous, informative, ... http://www.locksandlinks.com/blogs/2008/07/welcome-to-the-lockslinks-blogs/