"My hair is something that historically has been shunned. I mean how often do you hear You can t get a job with hair like that? Natural African kinky hair - it s often been painted as uncivilised or wild " Nyong o told Porter magazine.
"Being featured on the cover of a magazine fulfils me as it is an opportunity to show other dark kinky-haired people and particularly our children that they are beautiful just the way they are " she added.
The "12 Years a Slave" star is writing a children s book to help young dark-skinned children to be proud of their looks reports femalefirst.co.uk.
The book is titled "Sulwe" meaning "star" in the actress s native language Luo - and is focused on a five-year-old girl and her life growing up in Kenya.
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