The singer and photographer shared a pic of her
new look and shared an interesting story from
the past in which she recalled the first time she
was forced to cut her hair, she wrote;
THE BARBERS SEAT: The first time I cut my hair
was when I was nine. I had been giving my mum
hell on sunday evenings when it was time to get
it woven for school. She just decided to put an
end to my nonsense and took me to Baba Barber
in Obalende. I remember being strapped to his
squeaky old, reclined metal and torn brown
leatherchair ... It must have taken four adults to
hold me down . I can never forget.. How can I ?
Baba gave me the full treatment . He was
determined to impress my mother . He not only
shaved off all my hair .. He took off every strand
that lined my face and replaced it with a sharp
concave line from ear to ear with his manual
rusty clippers .. I was devastated . I walked into
class the next day greeted with what sounded like
a silent but long eeeeeeew from every one . The
experience marred me.. I've seen baba in a few
nightmares attempting to dispossess me of my
Afro . So imagine my horror when my hair started
dramatically falling out two months after my boys
were born . I was deluded by someone who told
me I was lucky to be carrying boys as 'boys don't
take you hair away ' they give you even more ..
She was right.. Intially at least ..Never had better
hair than when I was pregnant .. So slowly but
surely Baba barber was beckoning another visit ..
But I decided that this time around ..it was going
to be on my own terms
.. I was going to love my scalp back to a happy
place and then cut hair myself when the time was
right ... Just to start over.
Today was that day ..a shoot didn't happen so I
had a lil time in my hands I chopped it all off..
Not with old rusty clippers but my own scissors
..It makes me look even more like my mum..
So will I be missing my big fro?Absolutely!!But
then again ..I'm a Nigerian woman in 2015 and I
watch YouTube I know a thousand ways to
get that baby bouncing in air again ..In a
heartbeat .. I'll just have fun with this in the
mean time. I think I did better than baba barber
tho. #bigchop #freshstart photographed by
@riasolanke at the studio.
new look and shared an interesting story from
the past in which she recalled the first time she
was forced to cut her hair, she wrote;
THE BARBERS SEAT: The first time I cut my hair
was when I was nine. I had been giving my mum
hell on sunday evenings when it was time to get
it woven for school. She just decided to put an
end to my nonsense and took me to Baba Barber
in Obalende. I remember being strapped to his
squeaky old, reclined metal and torn brown
leatherchair ... It must have taken four adults to
hold me down . I can never forget.. How can I ?
Baba gave me the full treatment . He was
determined to impress my mother . He not only
shaved off all my hair .. He took off every strand
that lined my face and replaced it with a sharp
concave line from ear to ear with his manual
rusty clippers .. I was devastated . I walked into
class the next day greeted with what sounded like
a silent but long eeeeeeew from every one . The
experience marred me.. I've seen baba in a few
nightmares attempting to dispossess me of my
Afro . So imagine my horror when my hair started
dramatically falling out two months after my boys
were born . I was deluded by someone who told
me I was lucky to be carrying boys as 'boys don't
take you hair away ' they give you even more ..
She was right.. Intially at least ..Never had better
hair than when I was pregnant .. So slowly but
surely Baba barber was beckoning another visit ..
But I decided that this time around ..it was going
to be on my own terms
.. I was going to love my scalp back to a happy
place and then cut hair myself when the time was
right ... Just to start over.
Today was that day ..a shoot didn't happen so I
had a lil time in my hands I chopped it all off..
Not with old rusty clippers but my own scissors
..It makes me look even more like my mum..
So will I be missing my big fro?Absolutely!!But
then again ..I'm a Nigerian woman in 2015 and I
watch YouTube I know a thousand ways to
get that baby bouncing in air again ..In a
heartbeat .. I'll just have fun with this in the
mean time. I think I did better than baba barber
tho. #bigchop #freshstart photographed by
@riasolanke at the studio.
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