Zina Alfa vividly remembers her own experiences of hair discrimination as a child. “A teacher basically said my hair was disgusting, and that it wasn’t school policy and that I needed to take it out immediately,” recalls the 30-year-old entrepreneur and campaigner on the issue, which has been in the spotlight since a series of high-profile legal cases regarding hair discrimination.
She was “ecstatic” then on hearing of the publication on Thursday of landmark guidance by Britain’s equalities watchdog that pupils should not be stopped from wearing their hair in natural afro styles at school.
