'Afro hair is a big part of people's identity'
Poppy Lee-Burrowes has been waiting for six years to cut her hair.
Now that the 11-year-old has finally had her long locks cropped, she is donating her hair to the Little Princess Trust to make wigs for children with cancer.
But she had to wait while the wig-makers developed a technique called wefting to weave her afro hair.
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