Could hairdressers be the answer to helping African women with their mental health?
For many women and girls in Africa, getting their hair is a done is an essential ritual to feel and look good. Many find the hair salon to be one of the few places where they have time for themselves, to chat, laugh, to share good news and sorrows.\n \nBut what if seeing your stylist was about something much more than getting your hair done\u2026 what if that relationship could help to save your life?\n \nIn today\u2019s Africa Daily Alan Kasujja has been speaking to Marie-Alix de Putter, the founder of the \u2018Heal by Hair\u2019 initiative. She explains why she believes that hairdressers have the under valued skills that could help African women with their mental health challenges and how her hair stylist helped her at the worst moment of her life.