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Tamika Phillip Author

Tamika Phillip was born in Trinidad and Tobago, studied in New York and has travelled, lived and worked in the United States, Jamaica, Italy, Ethiopia, UK, Egypt - and now lives in Turkey. Throughout her travels, her hair has always been a mystery to others. She responded: "My hair grows like a tree and your hair flows like a waterfall."