Agostinho M.N. Pinnock

‘ No Braids, No Beads, No Locking of Hair ’: ‘Race’, Nation and Identity in (Post)‐Colonial Jamaica

ABSTRACT This paper discusses the links between hair and Jamaica's often unnamed ‘race’ politics as an expression of waywardness. Using a court ruling in which a 7‐year‐old, female student was mandated to cut her hair—at the time worn in locs hairstyle—it teases out the links bet...