8 Moments That Put Natural Hair in the Spotlight in 2016

If you haven't heard of South African schoolgirl, Zulaikha yet, then you may have missed one of the most unifying protests of the year. People across the internet shared and sent support to the 13-year-old and her schoolmates, who had been send to detention for not adhering to their school's discriminatory hair policy, which called Afro hair "untidy and unladylike." International support mounted for Zulaikha, whose powerful protest for self-expression, resulted in her school revising its ban on natural, Afro hair being worn loose.