Sylviane Ngandu‐kalenga Greensword
Biographic Data
| ID | 925919 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sylviane Ngandu‐kalenga Greensword |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sylviane Ngandu‐kalenga |
| FAMILY NAME | Greensword |
| SIGNATURE | GREENSWORD S N K |
| AFFILIATIONS | Texas Christian University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7928-1105 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Teaching and Learning Guide for: Historicizing Black Hair Politics
Olaudah Equiano and the Anti-Ethnography of Blackness
This essay considers the abolitionist narrative, The Life of Olaudah Equiano, through the anthropological lens of ethnography. Equiano’s account, though not without controversy, contributes to the evolution of an African cultural consciousness that would span across multiple continents. In that sense, while this autobiography seems to follow the literary pattern of its contemporary slave narratives, it is also countercultural and qualifies as “an…
Fabulous Transactions: Hair Braiding in a Jamaican Resort Salon
This article focuses on the commodification of Jamaican Blackness and associated images through institutionalized hair‐care services. Drawing on the notion of fabulousness (the unapologetic performance of Black feminine beauty), I present findings from ethnographic research conducted in the hair‐braiding salon of a resort in Ocho Rios. I detail how Jamaican Blackness unfolds differently depending on the consumer's demographic category: white tour…
Historicizing black hair politics: A framework for contextualizing race politics
In this article, I chronicle the ways in which Black women's hair has been used not only to exert political oppression and dominance, but also to resist alienation in the Americas. Whether covered during field labor, groomed on Saturday evenings, celebrated on Sunday, arranged as prestigious imitation in the “Big House,” braided into secret codes in Colombia, shaved as punishment, or denied all exhibition under the tignon laws in Louisiana, hair …
"Producing "Fabulous: Commodification and Ethnicity in Hair Braiding Salons
Black women wearing fabulous braids are a striking feature of the Afro-diasporic cultural landscape. However, the braiders and salon owners who enable this aesthetic engineering are seldom acknowledged. This dissertation investigates the experience and role of Caribbean and West and Central African women in the hair braiding industry, a rapidly growing business in the U.S. I address the complexity of these women's multiple social roles and the mu…
Historicizing black hair politics: A framework for contextualizing race politics
In this article, I chronicle the ways in which Black women's hair has been used not only to exert political oppression and dominance, but also to resist alienation in the Americas. Whether covered during field labor, groomed on Saturday evenings, celebrated on Sunday, arranged as prestigious imitation in the “Big House,” braided into secret codes in Colombia, shaved as punishment, or denied all exhibition under the tignon laws in Louisiana, hair …
"Producing "Fabulous: Commodification and Ethnicity in Hair Braiding Salons
Black women wearing fabulous braids are a striking feature of the Afro-diasporic cultural landscape. However, the braiders and salon owners who enable this aesthetic engineering are seldom acknowledged. This dissertation investigates the experience and role of Caribbean and West and Central African women in the hair braiding industry, a rapidly growing business in the U.S. I address the complexity of these women's multiple social roles and the mu…
Historicizing black hair politics: A framework for contextualizing race politics
In this article, I chronicle the ways in which Black women's hair has been used not only to exert political oppression and dominance, but also to resist alienation in the Americas. Whether covered during field labor, groomed on Saturday evenings, celebrated on Sunday, arranged as prestigious imitation in the “Big House,” braided into secret codes in Colombia, shaved as punishment, or denied all exhibition under the tignon laws in Louisiana, hair …
Fabulous Transactions: Hair Braiding in a Jamaican Resort Salon
This article focuses on the commodification of Jamaican Blackness and associated images through institutionalized hair‐care services. Drawing on the notion of fabulousness (the unapologetic performance of Black feminine beauty), I present findings from ethnographic research conducted in the hair‐braiding salon of a resort in Ocho Rios. I detail how Jamaican Blackness unfolds differently depending on the consumer's demographic category: white tour…
Olaudah Equiano and the Anti-Ethnography of Blackness
This essay considers the abolitionist narrative, The Life of Olaudah Equiano, through the anthropological lens of ethnography. Equiano’s account, though not without controversy, contributes to the evolution of an African cultural consciousness that would span across multiple continents. In that sense, while this autobiography seems to follow the literary pattern of its contemporary slave narratives, it is also countercultural and qualifies as “an…
Teaching and Learning Guide for: Historicizing Black Hair Politics
Sociology (5 works) · Gender Studies (4 works) · Anthropology (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · Aesthetics (2 works) · Art (2 works) · Commodification (2 works) · Ethnography (2 works)