AdvertisementDecrying Hair Rule, South African Students Demand To Be 'Naturally Who We Are'September 06, 2016Alan GreenblattfacebookEmailZia Simpson, a student and sales assistant in Cape Town, says even her father tells her to tame her Afro. "That generation fought against apartheid, but they still carry around the mentality that green eyes look better on a person, that straight hair looks better on a person." (Alan Greenblatt for NPR)