For elementary school teacher, Monique Duncan, writing a book illustrating the remarkable ways enslaved Africans used hair styles to guide their way to freedom, was a dream come true.

The shag offers a less polite path to bohemianism than the long- and wavy-haired style we’ve seen so much of lately.

We’ve had Italian bobs, French bobs and even Japanese bobs take the spotlight in recent months, but the latest take on the ...