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A visit to the barbershop and the liberating feeling of cutting off my hair

Woman stressed with hair.

My hairdresser is appalled. She is gibbering in a way that suggests she has done – or said – something to push me over the edge.

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By  Florence Bett-Kinyati

Contributor

What you need to know:

  • Nothing as liberating as standing under the shower and scrubbing yourself from head to toe.
  • The best part of it all is I am saving a lot of time and money. A lot! It would take me three hours and Sh3,000 to braid my hair.
  • It took me 20 minutes and Sh600 to shave off my hair. And that was even an overcharge.

It is the Saturday before they declare the president-elect.

I am at the hair salon doing the normal things we do on Saturdays because I am desperate for urban life to return to normal.

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