WHy BLACK HAIR REFLECTS BLACK IDENTITy/ HERITAGE

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- THE WAY WE DO OUR HAIR IS NOT JUST A HAIRSTYLE IT REFLECTS OUR HERITAGE

-IN EARLY AFRICAN CIVILISATIONS HAIRSTYLES COULD INDICATE. A PERSONS FAMILY BACKGROUND TRIBE AND SOCIAL STATUS

-AFTER SLAVERy WAS  ABOLISHED MANY BLACK PEOPLE FELT COMPELLED TO FIT INTO THE WHITE BEAUTY STANDARD THE CLOSEST WE WERE TO WHITENESS THE BETER

-THE AFRO HAIRSTYLE EMERGED DURING THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT AS A SIGN OF REBELLION PRIDE AND EMPOWERMENT, IT THEN BECAME PART OF THE BLACK IDENTITY.

-By MAKING OUR HAIR A 'TREND' U ARE REDUCING THE IMPORTANCE

-SLAVES ATTEMPTED TO STAY  WITH THEIR TRADITIONAL AFRICAN  HAIR CUSTOMS LIKE  BRAIDING HAIR USING AFRICAN PATTERNS AND USING NATURAL HERBS  FROM TREES FOR THEIR SKIN AND HAIRCARE.

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