Don't Touch My Hair - Tapa dura

Both a richly researched cultural history and a voyage to empowerment. (Colin Grant Guardian)

A triumph! Refeshingly accessible, enlightening and thorough ... an impeccably researched journey into our Black Hair and the ideas and feelings that have surrounded it, to this day. (Yrsa Daley-Ward)

Sensational (Women's Health)

Pulled together with meticulous research, Don't Touch My Hair is an unmissable read by a writer who's set to become a household name (Francesca Brown Stylist)

The first book from one of Ireland's brightest literary talents, Don't Touch My Hair brilliantly deconstructs western views of everything from beauty to social value systems, and even to our understanding of time, all through the lens of how African cultures value hair. (Hotpress)

Groundbreaking...Her sources are rich, diverse and sometimes heartbreaking. Some books make us feel seen and for me, that is what Don't Touch My Hair does. I would urge everyone to read it (Charlie Brinkhurst-Cuff Guardian)

An excellent and far reaching book...a call to arms for black African culture (Irish Times)

Dabiri's brilliant book recognises that black hair - particularly women's hair - is charged with social and racial significance (Tank)

A powerful and arrestingly relatable account of the rich history of Afro hair that seamlessly interweaves her personal perspective with meticulously researched historical facts (Metro)

A Rising Star of 2019 (Observer)