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#littleghanaianthings
my mum knows everyones auntie, grandma and cousin
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“VintageGH: The Pop-Up Show II”
10 images from last weekend’s event
with Laura Asimeng (@LaSafoa),
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I never realized how important going natural was going to be for me or the sort of impact it would have on my life. Last year I went through a lot of struggles. I got kicked out the house, I lost my birth mother, I got dumped by the boy I thought I’d spend the rest of my life with, I got extremely sick, I nearly failed out of school, and almost lost all my financial aid just to name a few. But by the grace of God I made it through. It took a lot of hard work, soul searching, and tons of support by the people who loved me most. They literally saved my life. By the time the summer came I had hit rock bottom and knew that I had no where to go but up. In all of the madness I was going through I completely lost who I was. I needed a fresh start and cutting my hair was just something I did in hopes of just being healthier when it came to my hair. Without me even realizing at the time my big chop made my over all health improve. With my self esteem at an all time low, when I big chopped I immediately had a confidence boost. I admit I had to fake it til I made it originally but I didn’t take me long to become comfortable in my own skin. After that my summer became a time to rebuild myself and figure out who I was. And as my hair grew I grew as a women. I now see that by cutting my hair I cut away so much oppression. I cut away people’s expectations, I cut away so many of my worries, I cut that boy out of my life bc I no longer felt the need to live up to his standard, I cut away society’s standard of beauty, I most importantly cut away all of the terrible things I went through and I embarrassed the new me, the real Me. Each picture shows a different stage in my hair growth but also in the growth I now see in myself. I had to work so very hard and push myself so much but I never have up and I made it!! If I do say so myself. I gained my financial aid back so I could stay in school. I am single but I’m okay with that and I am so happy and I now know that I’m ready to love again. I will never get my mother back but I have peace in knowing she’s in a better place and that before she passed our relationship was at the best it’s ever been in our lives. On top of that I finished this school year off with the highest gpa I’ve had since freshman year. I received some of the highest grades in my fashion classes out of the entire class, as one of 2 or 3 black girls in the class. I got all A’s and a B+. I got on the deans list!!!! I have my own job. I have my own apartment. I’ve successfully paid my own way through school this far. I’m about to be a senior!! I have an awesome internship as the costume designer on a full length independent feature film. I have a relationship with God unlike I’ve ever had before. I have developed my spirituality so much I feel unstoppable. I am 20 years old and I’m about to own my own non profit organization!! I am in the process of creating a study abroad trip to Ghana at my university, with some of the most amazing people I know, which has never happened hear. We are using our trip to create this nonprofit and we plan to educate the youth in our communities and eventually on a global scale about Africa. And to top it off we are raising all of the money on our own. Did I mention that a year ago I hit Rick bottom!!! I literally dreaded waking up in the morning basically prayed not to. And now I barely sleep because my reality is far more amazing then my wildest dreams!!! Don’t get me wrongI still have struggles but I have come so far. I have turned into a women that I didn’t even know I had the capability of becoming and I still have so far to go. So I’m celebrating a year of growth in my hair, in myself, and a year full of amazing people who have come into my life on this journey and especially those who have been there for me from the bottom on up.
(((THANK YOU SO MUCH!! I’m sure you don’t even know how much you mean to me and how special you are to me or how you saved me but I hope I show you that I love you so freaking much and I can’t name you all (out of fear of forgetting a name and bc this is long enough Lol) but if you love me and ever supported me through anything I’ve had to go through and all my TRA fam then I’m talking about you!!)))
Thank God for my courage to big chop! I am so proud of me and my AMAZING hair!! Idk about you but I am totally my hair and I’m so okay with that!! Lol
*Peace*Love*Power*
Haha found an old baby picture ☺ my dad took this, I miss my dad. #sigh #baby #picture #ghana #girl #cute #lol #tiny #personal #ohdeer
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Ghana & Ivorian
IG: rareafrican
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Bridal makeover for lovely nana aba mua: @beauchiqbyjenn #bride #beauty #ghana #wedding #pink #instafame #instagood #instamood #igiers #igdaily #webstagram #picoftheday
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