Black British barber shops have long been a sanctuary for black men and youth, not only to transform their hair
Mitch Momodu remembers as though it were yesterday, the day his uncle took him to a Jamaican barber in Clapton more than 30 years ago, for an eagle fade haircut.
Bonding with elderly black men while sitting in the shop – an intergenerational safe space – inspired the barber who now runs Fade Fabric Barbers in Dalston, to pick up clippers himself in secondary school.
