The term “Woza Dali” comes from urban hair stylists/ braiders from the townships of South Africa. The stylists shout Woza Dali when they approach potential clients and ask them come have a quick squeeze at their hair style look book. “Woza Dali” directly translates as “Come Darling".
My series Woza Dali entails illustrations which form a look book and short animation montages. In these series I celebrate African people’s hair, showing various hairstyles we can do on our hair.
Volume 2 “I think I wanna cut my hair” embraces short afro hair. Here I explore different simple hairstyles on short hair. The Character is very bold, has playful eye make up and is still in touch with her feminine side while rocking her short hair. There’s often the misconception that when you have short hair as a woman you look less feminine. And I challenge that in this Volume of Woza Dali. Enjoy the visuals.
