From Observer Reports

Empress Yejide Njambi Parry, owner of Bac-2-my-ROOTS hair salon, in Church Ground, Nevis is a Loctician and African Hair Culturist. She specialises in Dreadlock and Natural Hair Care using ancient African techniques and through the use of herbs. She is a focused multi -faceted entrepreneur who is devoted to all this things African, in her words, “Re-claiming and Re-Storing our African Heritage, our Roots and our Culture.” She has an established line of clothing dubbed Njambi D-Zines and an all natural line of natural products called Njambi, where she uses different types local herbs, essential oils, fragrances, flowers and more to concoct her wonderful blend of shampoos, hair oils, lip balms and so much more.

On Mar. 15, she will seek to awake within her people the importance of self, our African Royal self and the magnificence of our race. She has dubbed her Hair and Fashion Expo: “Nappy by Nature”, meaning we were all created Black with Kinky hair, naturally, as we were meant to be.

“Our hair has a story, I story, our story, a unique story, a Royal Ancestry and thus all respect is due,” she said. “We need to treat it as such. We are a special people, a unique people and therefore we should be proud of ourselves and our characteristics and desist from changing it but rather loving ourselves, accepting and respecting. We were not made by mistake, but carved and fashioned in the image of the Most High Creator, the I am.”

This event will feature her new afro centric T-shirt line called REVOLUTION. In addition she will depict the origin of most of our natural hairstyles, revealing the ancient story of Dreadlocks, the 1st hairstyle, a royal hairstyle, ( a hairstyle that is viewed by many as taboo) the Afro, the Chauzi (Cha-oo-zee) and many other authentic African hairstyles we see today. It will take you way back, bac-2-your –ROOTS; Africa the Motherland, the cradle of Civilisation. You will see how the hairstyles worn today were truly just handed down through the generations. The culmination of the evening of Black beauty will see the exotic art of Head wrapping being portrayed.

Her aim is to provide a motivational approach to helping each Brotha and Sista through his or her journey, whether for hair care or African Awareness.

“It is not about conforming to other people’s standards or perceptions of your hair, it is not about destroying your hair through chemical warfare, it is not about perpetuating false expectations of your hair, but rather, accepting ourselves and our hair in its most natural form, the God created way.

“We need total liberation. Liberation of our minds, and ourselves. Let the Willie Lynch syndrome be eradicated from our beings, only then will we be free, free to just be,” she said.

She envisions a time when all Black people would be united through their colour and culture. Marcus Garvey said: “We need to take the kinks from our minds, not from our hair.”