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Medina Sage Dugger

A hairstyle can be a powerful expression of individuality. This design suggests the shape of a coiled snake or a teacup and saucer.

Calabar style, in which hair is elaborately sectioned on the head, derives its name from the Nigerian port city where it’s common.

Some women in the Yoruba ethnic group wear the Irun Kiko style, their hair knotted with thread, to express cultural pride and femininity.

A variety of materials give structure to hairstyles, including wool (seen here), weaves, cowrie shells, kebab skewers, and hair spray.

Dugger modelled this vivid portrait of a heart-shaped hairstyle after a similar black-and-white image by Ojeikere.

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Dugger intends Chroma to celebrate pride in Nigerian identity through hair. Stylist Ijeoma Christopher drew on traditional braiding techniques as well as modern and futuristic styles, resisting the pull of uniformity.

The Chroma project models’ hairstyles were created using colorful wool, weaves, hair spray, painted cowrie shells—and even the slender wooden sticks used for kebabs, for structure.

The Chroma project models’ hairstyles were created using colorful wool, weaves, hair spray, painted cowrie shells—and even the slender wooden sticks used for kebabs, for structure.

The Chroma project models’ hairstyles were created using colorful wool, weaves, hair spray, painted cowrie shells—and even the slender wooden sticks used for kebabs, for structure.