A Moment In Afro Herstory: Rolonda Watts

Rolonda Watts is a journalist, talk show host, actor, producer, writer, and voice-over talent.She is currently the announcer of the courtroom show Judge Joe Brown and as of 2006, she is currently the voice of Professor Wiseman in the PBS Kids animated program Curious George. She is a graduate of Spelman College where she was editor-in-chief of the school newspaper. In 1981, she earned a master's degree from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.

Who What Where: Shingai Shoniwa

"As I get older, I’m more comfortable in my own skin."

                                                 ~Shingai Shoniwa

Who: Shingai Shoniwa.

What: The bassist and lead singer of the Noisettes — frequently cited as one of the best live acts in Britain — plays the punk-soul chanteuse with ease. (albeit with complicated onstage hair)?

Where: In The New York Times' T-Magazine article about modern beauties who believe that messy is more.

Here's a message to the writer who said her hair is complicated. There's nothing complicated about our hair or hers for that matter. Maybe you're the one who's complicated or better yet confused because you don't understand the relationship we have with our hair. Didn't you listen when she said she loves the skin she's in and accepts it? That includes the whole package.


(Photo: Daniel Jackson)