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Welcome to African Naturalistas. This blog was created on 16 August 2011, in order to assist black women and men who have chosen to wear their natural hair, with special emphasis on Africans, because of the challenges they face in carrying natural hair, though the site is of great benefit to naturalistas all over the world. African Naturalistas is run by a group natural hair lovers, who have decided to help other naturalistas scale the hurdles they may come across in their hair journey. We also manufacture our range of hair care products, which you can purchase here. The African Naturalistas Team 1. @ilola - Founder/Contributor @ilola is a Writer, Editor, Blogger, and Spoken Word Artist. She is currently one of the leading female faces in the Spoken Word sector in Nigeria. She is also an author of two book, Antonyms of a Mirage and Fpr Laff's Sake, and greatly in love with natural hair, and everything that has to do with it. She blogs as African Naturalista on this site. You can check out her popular writing site at www.hattylolla.com. For bookings to talk about natural hair related topics, send an email to atilola@africanaturalistas.com 2. Berry Dakara - Contributor Berry Dakara is a Jane-of-all-trades. From her day job as a Data Performance Analyst, an at-large job in Social Media Marketing to sprinkles of acting, she began blogging in 2011 (Aje-Butter's Guide to NYSC and Berry Dakara). She went natural in late 2006 and hasn't looked back since. She currently lives in Nigeria, after 14 years of living in the US and considers herself a citizen of the world. 3. Irene Loderick - Style Expert Irene Odipo Loderick is a 36 year old Kenyan naturalista who went natural four years ago, and has no intention of looking back! She currently resides in London with her husband and three year old bundle of hyper energy, her son JJ. She worked as an Air Hostess before settling down to take care of her son full time. She enjoy natural Hair Care and Styling, and started her YouTube Channel in 2012. She is sure an entertaining host, as natural hair styling is her passion, Her passion is to see the natural hair movement continue to grow in Africa. You can find her on youtube here http://www.youtube.com/user/KenyanMystic 4. Tomilola Akibo - Contributor Tomi embraced the challenge of getting healthy hair, without questions, and its been amazing and amazing journey for her. She resides in Nigeria, and loves art in all the forms it comes - writing, photography, music, painting. She documents her life's journey at www.tomilolaakibo.blogspot.com . She handles the interview segments. To be interviewed by her, send an email to manematters@africanaturalistas.com 5. Janyl Benyl - Contributor Janyl Benyl is a Creative writer, health consultant, and professional dance coach. She is a Nigerian currently residing in the UK. You can catch up with her on her site, www.janylbenylshares.com. You can also find her on YouTube, www.youtube.com/janylbenyl where she documents her healthy hair journey amongst other things. 6. Ebun Oluwole - Contributor Ebun Oluwole is a Creative/Freelance Writer, Lifestyle Blogger and student of French and International studies residing in Lagos, Nigeria. Her interests spread across Photography, Creative Writing, Makeup Artistry and very recently Natural hair and Organic Living. On her quest for healthy hair care, she stumbled on Natural Hair and has looked back ever since.She bares her thoughts at ebunoluwole.com 7. @DiscoveringNatural - Kids Natural Hair care expert @DiscoveringNatural is blogger/vlogger who resides in Houston, Texas with her husband and her two daughters. Teaching her children and other people about natural hair care and loving their natural hair is her passion. Her blog, DiscoveringNatural (http://DiscoveringNatural.com) is where she shares her transitioning journey and also her natural hair journey. You can find her on her YouTube Channel, DiscoveringNatural (http://youtube.com/DiscoveringNatural). Her channel consists of Natural Hair styles, Transitioning to Natural Help, Natural Hair Maintenance Help, DIY Homemade Recipes, Kids Haircare, Vlogs to different Natural Hair events and so much more. 8. Yvonne - Contributor Yvonne, from Ghana, is the author of Ghana Hair Chick (www.ghanahairchick.blogspot.com). She is focused on helping all African women achieve their goals of healthy long hair. As a student in the biomedical sciences she also tries to educate readers on the more scientific aspects of healthy hair care. Yvonne can be found on Facebook at Ghana Hair Chick. As with every good thing, the site will keep evolving as the years go by, so get ready to see the best of it. To feature on as a naturalista on Mane Matters, please, send an email to manematters@africanaturalistas.com. To send your hair journey story to African Naturalistas, please click here, and follow the directions. We hope to hear from you. Thanks for visiting