A Memoir

LEKWA
NTÙTÙ

Lekwa Ntùtù cover painting by Daisy Emenike - a portrait in amber sunglasses on a teal field

Daisy Emenike

The Memoir · Natural Tendrils

Lekwa Ntùtù

The natural hair growth guide behind my journey.

by Daisy Emenike

A step-by-step breakdown of the routines, products, mistakes and habits that grew and kept my hair. Part lived memoir, part lived haircare manual, from one of the earlier voices of the natural hair movement.

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9
Chapters
3
Parts
UK · NG
Rooted

The proof

This is the hair the book is about.

look at her hair

Everything in Lekwa Ntùtù is the actual routine, products and habits behind this hair. Not theory. Not a list of things I read once. The work that grew it, kept it, and rebuilt it after I lost it.

Daisy with a buzz cut after losing her hair
before
Daisy with a regrown TWA afro
after
Daisy with a full, voluminous afro today
today
TikTok comments asking Daisy how she grew her hair

"how did you grow your hair?"

Every week, strangers ask the same question. The answers are in the book.

What you'll actually learn

What you walk away with.

Six things you can put to work the same week you read it. The full memoir sits behind them - story, lessons, toolkit - across three parts and nine chapters.

  • A wash-day ritual you can actually keep
  • The exact products I leaned on (full appendix)
  • Habits that quietly carry growth - sleep, detangling, trims
  • What I stopped doing (and why simple wins)
  • How I rebuilt after losing my hair
  • The mindset behind starting over

Full contents

  1. 01Author's Note - A Word Before We Begin
  2. 02Introduction - Welcome Back

  3. Part One · The Story

    03Chapter One - My Story: How It All Began
  4. 04Chapter Two - When Things Fell Apart
  5. 05Chapter Three - Losing My Hair, Finding Myself
  6. 06Chapter Four - The Politics Of What Is Seen As Being Put Together

  7. Part Two · The Lessons

    07Chapter Five - The Years In Between (2022–2026)
  8. 08Chapter Six - What I Learned About Hair
  9. 09Chapter Seven - Habits That Quietly Carry The Journey
  10. 10Chapter Eight - What I Did Not Do
  11. 11Chapter Nine - Growth & Final Words

  12. Part Three · The Toolkit

    12Appendix - Everything I Used To Nurse My Hair Back To Life
  13. 13Glossary - A Few Terms, Plainly Said
  14. 14Acknowledgements
  15. 15About the Author

"The work is always working. You just have to outlast the doubt."

- from Chapter Five

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