- 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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