Back to my Roots! A Ghanaian Sisterlocks journey

Sisterlocks 8 years old

2010-11-05T07:58:00.000-07:00

Here's a photo of me with my 8 year old sisterlocks! I've coloured them dark brown again and they are still growin.....

More sisterlocks

2010-04-03T17:17:00.001-07:00

Miss Koo at three with one year old locks and more back views of the length!

Easter 2010, still growing...

2010-04-03T16:44:00.002-07:00

Amba was in Ghana for a wonderful week to help celebrate our mother's birthday. It was great to see her and i love her new head of sisterlocks, reminds me of the days when i started mine. We took some hair shots together to show how with patience and time (7.5 years) you really can get from there(L) to here (R)!

Still Growin,,,

2010-03-15T17:23:00.000-07:00

Hi All,

My goodness, its been a couple of years since I last posted anything! My sisterlocks are still growing though. Click through on the heading to Ofo's Sisterlock Diary and take a look(I'm on the right) at some more photos. More pics of me and my lovely 3 year old with sisterlocks coming soon.....

Afrihyia pa (Happy 2008)

2008-01-11T19:15:00.001-08:00

Afrihyia pa (means may another year come back to meet you in my language) Here I am in Atlanta with my twin Amba and family after a marvelous Christmas. Well Amba tightened (and coloured!) my hair and my brother-in-law took some wonderful photos of us, so feelin' cute, I am keeping one of my new year's resolutions to keep this blog more up to date with new photos...enjoy!

Mature and maturing locks

2007-09-28T11:45:00.000-07:00

Here are two photos of my clients (and good friends!) showing how beautiful locks are in all their rich diversity, as they mature.. Akos, on the extreme right in the bottom photo, has MASSES of hair and it is taking a while for her sisterlocks to condense. She was about about fourteen months locked in this photo. Aj and Abby (L to R) have traditional locks which they've been wearing for about four and two years respectively.

I love my sisterlocks!

2007-09-12T14:22:00.000-07:00

My locks are now past shoulder length and I am enjoying wearing them freestyle (right) or with a a bit of a curl from a braid-out (left). They are so easy to style and add instant glamour even when they are badly in need of a retighten as they do now, Amba I do miss you!

Weddings and Babies

2007-09-06T17:24:00.000-07:00

Its been ages since I last posted anything! I've been busy taking care of my new baby girl Kukua since January this year and recently attending a spate of weddings. That's my mother on the bottom and Miss Koo and I! My hair has grown quite a bit this year and the orange has faded to a dull bronze colour that I prefer-I never quite got round to doing a rinse! Next time I colour though I think I will see a professional.

Party Time! Xmas 2006

2006-12-24T02:56:00.000-08:00

Here's one of my friend Kweku David and I ready to step out and party at the BEN & BEE clothing shop in Accra. Kweku wears traditional locks and one of B&B's designs!

Sisters at Sogakope

2006-12-19T08:09:00.000-08:00

Finally got time to post a few photos of me and my sisterlock clients -well really more like sisters(L to R; Akosua, me, Audrey and Dzodzi)! We are sitting in front of the Volta Lake in Sogakope, where we were attending a gender workshop held by CEGENSAa couple of weeks ago.

Inspired by golden_08, I dyed my hair red after stripping out the colour with a blonde bleach. As you can see it turned out more ginger than red, but no harm done to the hair, so I shall wait a reasonable amount of time (three months) and then apply a deep red shade for balance!

In my office at the ICT Centre, University of Ghana

2006-10-10T11:46:00.000-07:00

Our Webmaster came round suddenly this afternoon to take photos of 'the Management' for the new University of Ghana ICT portal, so here is one of me, at my desk, caught off guard but looking suitably demure. In the right hand corner of the photo is part of one of my favourite oil paintings by Ablade Glover, a well known Ghanaian artist.

The 'Sisterlocks huddle', London, June 2006

2006-09-15T09:27:00.000-07:00

Update from Accra

2006-09-15T08:19:00.000-07:00

Wow, its been 'many moons' since I last posted to my blog! I have been travelling quite a bit. I spent a relaxing time with my sister Tawia in Washington DC and then went to London to help my twin Amba pack and move to Atlanta. I joined her in saying goodbye to many friends and sisterlock sistas-here is a photo of a 'sisterlock huddle', with Amba, Seiwa, me and Amba's mother-in-law in her back garden..to the right is a photo of me taken on Broadway, NY when I went to see the Colour Purple.

btw if anyone wants to reach me they can by email at amagyakyewa@yahoo.com or ama_dadson@hotmail.com

The beginning

2006-05-05T09:40:00.000-07:00

Have a good weekend everyone and thanks for the compliments!

I started my Sisterlocks with barely an inch of natural hair tipped with some wispy permed ends that I refused to let Nikki my consultant in London cut off completely! I confess to wearing a wig for the first 6 weeks, I was traumatised by so much scalp showing. I kept looking at Nikki's beautiful strong shoulder length locks and could not imagine how mine could EVER look like that. I am posting some 'early days' photos for you to see. Notice how the hair has thickened and matured.

Back in Ghana on Christmas holidays 2002, reactions to the 'starterlocks' ranged from my twin sister Amba's 'What are those? I want some!' to 'what are those UNTIDY things in your hair? Are they PERMANENT? Are they DREADLOCKS? And a myriad of questions. Noone was unmoved by them! lol.

My connection's timing out today(some of the hassles of living here!) so I will quicky post this and put in the photos later.

2006-05-05T04:14:00.000-07:00

Akwaba!

I started this Blog to let Sisterlocked 'sisters' all over the world meet and know what was happening to Sisterlock wearers in Ghana. I had some technical difficulties with my first blog 'sislocksghana' so I am starting all over again. sigh.

My name's Ama and the photo shows me with my 3 year 11 month old sisterlocks. My beloved twin sister Amba also wears sisterlocks. My lock journey started in Paris where I first heard about Sisterlocks. I eventually had them done in London (by Nikki) as there were'nt any Sisterlock consultants in Paris in 2002-2004. Back in Ghana, I mantain and tighten them myself after taking the Sisterlock Training course in New York in 2003.

This is the back view of my hair. I set it on the large size SOFTSPIKE CURLERS that I read and saw on Leighanns blog. The result was amazing but only for a couple of days! The curls are four days old in the photo, they've dropped into gentle waves.