About World Afro Day

Celebrating Afro hair globally & educating all to create equality.

World Afro Day is a global day of change, education and celebration of Afro hair, culture and identity. Our Vision is to create a platform to celebrate and educate people about Afro hair. Through annual events and a worldwide educational network, we will unite people globally in raising Afro hair to world class status through positive awareness and academic excellence.

Everyone is welcome on this journey. We have two key focuses, which is an annual event, that will spotlight Afro excellence, raise awareness and create normalisation and aspiration relating to Afro hair. Secondly, our education programme for young people, teaches about Afro hair and society. This will benefit children of all backgrounds, through empathy, equality and empowerment.

OUR FIRST EVENT WAS ENDORSED BY THE UN’S OFFICE OF THE HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS.

Remember Remember 15th of September.

On the 5th September 2016, a U.S. federal court, ruled it was legal to ban dreadlocks in the workplace! This is a barrier not faced by any other hair type or group in the world.

Bias against Afro hair in society can create exclusion, shame and and feelings of inferiority. This has also had a long-lasting impact on health and economic opportunity, especially for Black women, who are pressurised to conform to societal norms.

Straight hair is considered the epitome of success and beauty and it is promoted everyday, through fairytales, films, television, social media, consumer products and advertising etc.

Afro-hair is rarely celebrated, especially globally and World Afro Day seeks to change this.

We are working with people from all backgrounds, who share our vision for change, education and celebration of Afro hair.

Every purchase that you make supports us so that we can continue to champion and celebrate children with Afro textured hair; pioneer with new research like the Hair Equality Report, create free resources for schools like our World Afro Day lessons and raise awareness about Afro hair discrimination.

For more information about what we do, please visit us at worldafroday.com