Gloria's book is an exploration of personal pain and collective liberation. In her poignant narrative, she takes us on a journey of self-discovery and societal transformation, inviting us to reflect on the deep connections between our individual struggles and the broader fight for justice.
Having fought my own battle for acceptance and equality, I resonate deeply with Gloria's message. As an artist and activist, I have campaigned for the recognition of natural hair in the workplace and at school and fought against hair discrimination in the French Parliament. These experiences helped me understand the powerful link between personal resilience and collective progress.
Gloria's honest and inspiring story reminds us that our personal hardships can fuel the flames of social change. It is a testament to the profound effect that individual stories can have on the collective struggle for liberation and equality.
Guylaine Conquet
Artist & Founder
Just Afro
Georgia, USA
Our hair is never just hair. As a curator of fashion and culture, and as a lifelong champion of African traditional and natural Black hairstyles, I know this truth in my bones. Hair is language. Resistance. Memory. It is the archive of our ancestors and the blueprint of our futures - yet it remains a site of surveillance, a battleground where coloniality still wages war on our bodies.
Gloria Tabi's Enough is more than a book. It is an act of reclamation. With unflinching clarity, she dismantles the lie that Black women must alter, suppress, or apologise for our hair to move through the world. Her words are not hers alone; they echo the silenced stories of mothers, professionals, students, and sisters who have been told, in ways both overt and insidious, that who they are is not sufficient.
What makes this work extraordinary is its chorus of voices, each testimony a strike against the myth of inadequacy. These narratives expose how respectability politics, corporate respectability, and Eurocentric beauty standards conspire to shrink us. Hair becomes the lens through which we see the intersections of oppression, yes, but also the spark of revolution.
Gloria's refusal to perform perfection is radical. Her vulnerability is a strategy. In these pages, she does not simply tell her story, she builds a bridge for others to cross. Enough is not a plea for acceptance. It is a declaration: We do not need to be fixed. We never did.
We were always enough.
Beatrice Bee Arthur
Accra, West Africa
Global Fashioning Assembly
Research Centre for Decoloniality in Fashion
Gloria Tabi is embracing her natural hair and stepping away from wig-wearing. Her story resonates deeply with us, as it embodies the essence of self-acceptance, transformation, and empowerment.
Ruth Wallis
Founder and Formulator
See My Curls, Queensland, Australia
