At the age of 17, she stopped straightening her hair. Three years later, Laetitia Ky published her first hair styling on Instagram. Since then, she has transformed traditional braids into Afro-feminist manifestos, acclaimed by millions of followers on social networks. With her hair sculptures, the Ivorian, born 27 years ago in Abidjan, today embodies a new voice of feminism and African identity. With her colorful images, she attacks taboos on women’s bodies and sexuality.
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Ivorian artist Laetitia Ky in a word, a gesture and a silence
