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This artist and fashion designer is using unconventional media to express herself — her own hair.

Laetitia Ky is an Ivorian contemporary artist who can sculpt her hair into anything and uses this talent to entertain her Instagram followers and speak out about social issues.
Laetitia Ky, from Ivory Coast, is all shades of creative. She is a visual artist, a fashion designer and a hair stylist. With her unique way of styling her hair, she makes sculptures that are sometimes political, beautiful or just weird. She uses coat hangers, wire, pins, needle and thread to create beautiful pieces on the top of her head.

In just over a year, Ky has gone viral on social media with her eccentric hair styles, been interviewed by big magazines such as BBC, gone to style Nigerian singer, Dija‘s hair, and launched a fashion brand, KYSTROY, that transposes the fun and versatility of the distressed jean with the originality and nativity of African print.

With over a 123,000 followers, the 21-year-old uses her Instagram as a social commentary on topics that range from pop culture, feminism and racism. In an interview with BBC, she says the three things that drive her art are a positive attitude, a passion to change the image of Africa and Feminism.

“As a feminist, everything related to women’s issues, including violence done to women, is something that greatly touches me,” Ky says. “I don’t think that one needs to be a feminist in order for this kind of thing to affect us. To be human is enough.”

Her passion to change the narrative is evident in one of her latest sculptures is a response to the #MeToo hashtag. The hair-art itself shows a man lifting up a woman’s skirt. In her caption, Ky encouraged women to speak out about sexual assault and start a revolution, subsequently opening her direct messages for people who needed to talk.

See some of our favourite photos from her Instagram page below....

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FTC. It's my first time FTC.


Who gives the prize? Hurray!!


As for the topic,what is the topic self?

Wetin ear nova hear for Africa.

What's the purpose of all these?

Weirdo

Weirdo

Pinshur nko

Scary stuff...

Rubbish

Slay Queen with handwork

Africans we can sabi get "useless" talents sha.........

MAY GOD PUNISH SHERIFF DEPUTIES GBAGADA FOR STEALING MY SALARY

Na ivory coast be DAT oooo.... I dey Wonder wet in 9ja babes go use dia own do...

Said Baba

Jeez!

Very creative and unique concept..

famzynet:
FTC. It's my first time FTC.


Who gives the prize? Hurray!!


As for the topic,what is the topic self?

Wetin ear nova hear for Africa.

Na food dey abi una go follow me go Dahura ma dem nack una sanda for head?

Emere

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She try

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqfkOQa8fWg

This Ivorian Artist Can Sculpt Her Hair Into Anything

Laetitia KY is a fashion designer and, as she states herself, an art addict from Ivory Coast in Africa. Recently, she's been making some waves on Instagram after releasing her new photo series in which she transforms her hair into all kinds of shapes to express her mind.

Laetitia leaves people surprised not only because of her infinite creativity, but also of the fact that our hair can be shaped in such different ways to really speak our minds

She is skillful and that's commendable

Wow

She deserves an accolade

Abeg whoever is with accolade shld pls give her one

Kudos

Gross.

This one na Ogbanje oo

Wow

This is creative

Scares the crap outta me �

famzynet:
FTC. It's my first time FTC.


Who gives the prize? Hurray!!


As for the topic,what is the topic self?

Wetin ear nova hear for Africa.

Congratulations on your first FTC.. Kindly forward your account details to the "Rewards and Settlement" department for "Processing"..

Thank you..

Krafty006:
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Where are u based??

Awesome and unique art.

Unfortunately from the comments here, you can tell most Africans don't appreciate art. It is the oyibos that started forcing us to appreciate our own art of recent. They appreciate it much more than we do. All we think about is how to put food in our hungry belles and ofcourse, bully our women....

Outside the box.