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Book Writer / Author, Linda Jones as
speaker for Black History Month!
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Embracing the other
"N-Word"
Journalist Linda
Jones
gets to the "root" of Diversity
and the "good hair" debate with her
awareness-raising lectures and "hairepy
sessions."
Award-winning journalist, Linda Jones
is a stylist of words who uses hairstyle as
a device to enlighten others about cultural
diversity and the realities of race.
In
her work, Ms Jones dares to embrace the
other N-word -- "nappy" -- and
self-appreciation for people of all hair
textures and skin colors.
She is author of "Nappyisms: Affirmations
for Nappy-Headed People and Wannabes!, and
founder of A Nappy Hair Affiar, Inc. (ANHA),
which promotes African American culture and
identity.
One of Ms. Jones' natural hair supporters
dubbed her "Mosetta," suggesting a
contemporary female Moses who is leading her
followers out of hair bondage and negative
self-perceptions and into self-loving, nappy
freedom.
Ms. Jones has taken her entertaining and
inspirational "hairepy sessions" to
audiences in the U.S., Canada and Africa.
She has even rallied residents of a South
African shantytown to celebrate their
natural roots! Her unique approach of
using the provocative topic of black hair to
address diversity and self esteem issues,
has attracted national media attention.
She was featured on National Public Radio
(The Tavis Smiley Show) and was invited to
appear on CNN, to offer commentary following
the Don Imus and Rutgers basket ball players
controversy.
Ms. Jones is also a writing consultant and
owner of ManeLock Communications, a
professional writing service and producer of
Finding Your Inner Scribe a series of
writing workshops.
www.manelockcommunications.com
To book Ms. Jones for presentations
and workshops, contact:
1-214-803-3920 or
Info@nappyhairaffair.com
Affirmations for Nappy-Headed People
and Wannabes!
Book Celebrates Natural Hair with
Humor and a Mission
 Dallas,
TX
-- The
shameful little secret is that in 2008, hair
texture is still a class divider among
African Americans, especially women.
The perception still remains: A black
woman's beauty or attractiveness is still
likely to be tied to whether she has "good"
(straight, naturally curly) hair, or "bad"
(kinky) hair.
That's the
bad news. The good news is Linda "Mosetta"
Jones is "hair" to turn a weapon of
divisiveness into a tool to reverse that
self-defeating mindset.
In her
book,
Nappyisms:
Affirmations for Nappy-Headed People and
Wannabes!" (ManeLock Communications),
Jones, an award-winning journalist, has
woven a collection of anecdotes, essays,
jokes and other writing designed to educate
and raise awareness about the sensitive
issue of hair in the African American
community.
Writer's Digest 16th Annual International
Self-Published Book Awards judges praise
Nappyisms:
Judge's commentary:
"This is a terrific little book
that is sure to put a smile on
every reader's face. I was
skeptical that anyone could
write an entire book on nappy
hair, but Ms. Jones pulls it off
quite nicely. There is
advice from everything to
comebacks for cutting remarks on
nappy hairstyles to quotes from
celebrities, to silly poems and
musings. Ms. Jones' crisp,
snappy narrative sails along,
making for a smooth, quick read
from cover to cover. It is
difficult to find much wrong
with this book.
Nappyisms is full
of fun word play and
motivational messages such
as:
~Nap-firmations--affirmations
from nappy notables such as
D.D. Congresswoman Eleanor
Holmes Norton and Grammy
winning performer Erykah
Badu
~Nappy Headiquette--how
to mind you mane-ers in the
presence of nappy people.
~The 12-Strand
Recovery Program for
Permaholics--taking
it "one nap at a time."
~Snap-Backs--witty
comebacks to diffuse
negative comments about
natural hair.
~The Naptionary--
glossary of "new growth"
terminology that you won't
find in Websters New World!
Order Nappyisms at:
www.nappyhairaffair.com
($12 plus shipping/handling)
Unpressed Release
A Nappy Hair Affair
Presents:
Mosetta and her Roots
Revival!
Hairline
Dallas:
Her kinky kindred spirits call her "Mosetta."
That's "Moses" with a feminine spin. This
crusader of nappiness and things related has
her mind set on delivering o-pressed hair
and o-pressed minds into the land of the
nappy and free.
Mosetta is
the alter ego of journalist Linda
Jones, author of "Nappyisms: Affirmations
for Nappy-Headed People and Wannabes!"
Ms. Jones is
founder of A Nappy Hair Affair, Inc. (ANHA), which promotes African American
culture and identity. A key focus of
ANHA is to support the choice to wear
natural and African-inspired hairstyles and
to promote self-appreciation.
In her
lively presentations, Mosetta uses hair
issues and humor to deliver a serious
message about self-acceptance.
With her "Kink Kommandments" and other
"plait-itudes," Mosetta encourages those
who want to go natural to stay
the "coarse" and shares her "napfirmations"
to uplift them during their journey to the
"Promised Strand"
Her short course on "nappy headiquette"
teaches the unenlightened how to mind their
'mane-rs' in the presence of nappy-headed
people, and the terminology from her "New
Growth Naptionary" helps those who want to
speak more authoritatively during
conversations about the kink!
Mosetta has delivered her message of love
and nappiness in church pulpits, at
colleges, community and cultural events
locally and internationally.
Whatever
your state of hair or state of mind, Mosetta
will not leave you stranded. Her teachings
will snap you out of nap denial and have you
longing to get back to your roots!
If you are seeking a motivational speaker
with a fresh new approach about self
appreciation and cultural pride, Mosetta is
hair for you!
Kudos for Linda "Mosetta” Jones
"I thank Linda for opening up a dialogue about
this extremely sensitive subject in the African
American community. Her lectures are thorough
and she has provided a vehicle to empower, primarily
African American women and girls to feel extremely
comfortable with their natural selves."
Emma Rodgers,
Dallas bookseller; co-founder Black Images Book
Bazaar
"In Nappyisms,
Linda Jones makes me laugh about the
thing that was a source of shame for
me as a youngster--my nappy hair."
Regina Carter, jazz violinist
and Verve recording artist
"Linda gets
to the "root" of the situation and she
won't rest until you stop relaxing."
Erykah Badu, Grammy-winning performing
artist
"I
really appreciate all that you do and I
hope that I can make black women
here and in Belgium just as enthusiastic
to go nappy. Maybe you don't realize
it but you are influencing black women globally."
MoniqueJones,
Holland
"Thank you so much for visiting our school,
Florida A& M University. I am fighting
the good fight right now between going natural
or getting a relaxer. You have inspired
me to not give up and to love my natural beauty."
Karla Maynard, journalism student, Florida A
& M University.
"Jones
is striking a chord with so many women because
she's tapped into the pain that has haunted
black women for generations and contributed
to the low self-esteem many of them have because
they know that, rather than being judged by
their smarts and the content of their character,
they're judged and negatively so, by the texture
of their unstraightened, natural hair."
Betty Baye, columnist,
Louisville Courier -Journal
To book Ms. Jones for presentations
and workshops, contact:
1-214-803-3920 or
Info@nappyhairaffair.com
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/ A Nappy Hair Affair, Inc.
P.O. 720746
Dallas, TX 75372
USA
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