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Maminata Ouandaogo's passion for African hairstyles has helped hundreds in Japan with their natural hair, but outside her salon, she says social pressure keeps some people from embracing it.

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Elsa is from the Faroe Islands, and her two children attend a Japanese public school. She feels sad that she cannot always help them because of the language barrier.

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