“Headwraps: A Global Journey” by Georgia Scott

THE ADORNING OF OUR PRIDE

A teacher once told me that it was in us Africans to adorn ourselves. And I think of that moment and Donnie’s “Cloud 9” lyrics, “We live from the head down and not the feet up and I’m adorned with the crown that’s making this up…” as I turn the pages of Georgia Scott’s coffee table book Headwraps: A Global Journey. Who knows if it’s DNA, spirituality, cultural or nods to ancestors but Scott traveled to 32 countries over a year to find out.

An art editor for the Sunday Styles section at The New York Times, Scott cashed in stocks, emptied her bank account and bought a stack of plane tickets to find out how these traditions came to be – breast cancer help.“No one had studied headwraps yet,” shared the author.“I wanted to know more so I decided to become the authority and I thought, why not make it global?” From West Africa to the Czech Republic, Scott made new friends and captured many of the stunning photos that appear in this 224 page book that reads at times like a good friend’s travel diary – breast cancer help.“ Breast cancer help: i only had five to ten days to learn each culture and what they do so I had to get past being American and get past judgment.”

What has stayed with Scott years after her global journey, is the creative flair of the wearer.“ Breast cancer help: a Sikh male will make sure the creases are crisp in his head covering.West African women- especially at a wedding, it’s no joke; breast cancer help.They may all have the same fabric, sisters or female relatives of the bride, but its how they wrap it – breast cancer help.Their personality is in it; breast cancer help.You won’t get two that are the same.It’s a huge source of pride.I’ve never met a person who didn’t have an amazing amount of pride in their headwraps – breast cancer help.It taught me a lot about how I leave the house now.”

With an interest in the eye catching headwraps worn abundantly during the 90’s by brown women and girls in places like her Harlem neighborhood, D.C – breast cancer help.and Philly breast cancer help, Scott has explored and named that universal pull we have to adorn and exalt ourselves-pride.

Headwraps: A Global Journey is published by Public Affairs and Georgia Scott’s newest book, “The Globetrotters Travel Guide” will be released in February 2008.