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S2 Episode 07: Zenda Walker's Zara's Wash Day

February 18, 2021 Tonia Magras Season 2 Episode 7
The PowerPLAY Show
S2 Episode 07: Zenda Walker's Zara's Wash Day
Show Notes

Zenda Walker - licensed cosmetologist, beauty marketing executive, and now author. Originally from New York, Zenda has been honing her skills in hair care with a focus on maintaining healthy practices when it comes to healthy hair care. Her website, knowyourhairitage.com will soon offer consulting, books on products to help with your hair care, as well as valuable resources.

But Zenda is much more than the hair coach we all need. Her new, self-published book, Zara’s Wash Day, is a huge success! The book’s main character Zara, Zenda’s daughter, describes a day in which Zara must get her hair washed. Throughout the story, Zenda wonderfully describes the significance of our African American heritage. In it, Zenda writes, “Each strand tells our family’s story.” She also writes, our hair spirals, zigzags, and bends. It’s kinky, curvy and can sometimes coil. These are all characteristics of an ancestral link to people from African soil.”

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