Very engaging, enjoyable, well-written book going into the history of African-Americans and hair, covering personal, cultural, and business aspects of Black hair. I learned all kinds of interesting new facts (who knew that Jheri of Jheri curl was actually a white guy? But he didn't invent the Jheri curl - he got it from a black inventor.). There were a lot of photos throughout which helped to bring the story alive. I was curious for a little more info in the first chapter, about African hairstyles pre-slave-trade, but this obviously wasn't the focus of the book so they didn't go too in-depth.