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Felicia Leatherwood: The hair whisperer

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When celebrity natural hair stylist FELICIA LEATHERWOOD was growing up in the US, her kinky hair was a nightmare to her mom. But when she turned nine, she decided to experiment and later made a career out of giving hair advice to people. She speaks to ROSE KWAMBOKA

Growing up as a girl with kinky hair in California was no mean feat for Felicia Leatherwood. With her mother not knowing how to handle her hair, the responsibility was left to her father and sometimes her grandmother.

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