When we examine our relationship with ourselves and our bodies, we see that we now live in a society that demands that we interrogate the standard norms imposed on us by society. For the longest time, black hair has been an object of oppression, and this has given rise to a movement that aims to teach those affected how they can love, care and embrace their crowns. 
OwnURcrown founder and hair creative, Nikiwe Dlova opens for us an alternative path towards this journey. When defined, a crown is also the highest point of something, and by engaging with Nikiwe and her work, we ascertain how this word can lend itself to a new meaning within the context of hair, one that stems from our own understanding of who we can be with our hair and how to reach our highest potential in that. Here, we learn that owning your crown not only means loving your hair but can also mean owning a willingness to walk a journey until it’s peak.
Through her outwardly bold statements made through hair, South African artist Nikiwe Dlova pushes us to look a little farther outside of the ordinary ways of interacting with hair and challenges us to ask ourselves what more we can do and how.