Episode Synopsis "Christiane Sungu and Lucrece Wasolua-Kibeti: The Politics of Hair, Identity & Confidence"

What does hair mean to us and our society?  Christiane Sungu and Lucrece Wasolua-Kibeti, founders of Krowned, a social initiative aiming to empower young girls through haircare, indirectly explores this question during our conversation. Both as part-time models, a lawyer and a medical student respectively, bring to the table the 'silent' but visual conversation of hair, emphasising the importance of representation and embracing our identity, to build confidence in who we are.

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