The Best of both worlds

This is my mother Alice Antwi. A photographer came to her father’s house in Kumasi and took this photo of her standing on the porch (ca. 1975). She’s wearing an afro wig.

This ad appeared in Black women’s magazines in 1969. The copy reads:

These are the girls of Black Beauty—New York’s newest model agency. They weren’t born models. Every girl learned how to coax every lash, every pore into being its most beautiful. Shouldn’t you share the beauty routine that helps make their skin so flawless? Wash with Noxema, as they do, instead of soap. Noxema softens as it cleans. Fights dryness. Rinses clean. Medicates to help clear surface blemishes with an exhilarating tingle. What a way to wash! What a way for girls to look and feel sensational!