About this episode

Dr. Ping-Ann discusses her hair journey and the impact of her daughter's journey on her self-acceptance.

On this episode, Dr. Ping-Ann is a professor of Anthropology and mixed race. She is Akan-Ghanaian and Chinese-Malaysian heritage, and Trinidadian up-bringing. Dr. Ping-Ann shares about her hardships on her hair journey and how her daughter’s hair journey is helping her fall in love with her own. Enjoy! Her Bio: Ping-Ann Addo (she/her) is an ethnographer who is an Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of Massachusetts Boston and a core faculty member in the Critical Ethni...

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