Day 8 of the Chale Wote Street Art Festival featured the \”Headwrapping Salon\” with Naa Dzamah Pobee at the Kukun. The event projected the headgear/headscarf as deeply embedded in the cultural identity of the African, serving as a symbolic connection between the past and the present.
Dubbed \”Celebrating Our Crown\”, the event highlighted the historical evolution of the headgear from Egyptian Goddesses to a modern-day fashion attire. Participants were taken through step by step techniques of acquiring different headwrap styles for everyday wear.
Panelists drawn from Ghana, UK, African-American communities, and beauty and fashion industries discussed the ceremonial, religious and diaspora connection purposes of headwear and its adaptation to current fashion trends. According to them, headgears are worn in the continent and the diaspora to make a positive cultural statement, and its permanence in the face of western cultural onslaught signifies the resilience of the African identity.
The event sought to promote natural beauty through cultural education that allowed participants to receive practical advice, watch demonstrations, and learn new skills.
