The History of African Women and their Hair

[@hometeamhistory806]

Great article on the History of Natural Hair! Understanding African history through Infographics at Afrographics! Website afrographics.com/category/african-culture/

[@willyfranckflan3335]

thanks for the link

[@NB-dr5uy]

Thank you so much! Your research is greatly appreciated.

[@MsMaxy22]

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[@camerongallien2831]

HomeTeam History I am curious to know brother are actually from the content of Africa

[@norma6464]

Thanks for the link and the video. On point, I'm not sure that the ancient Nubians and Egyptians all wore wigs. I saw videos on the Afar people. Many of them look very much like the ancient Egyptians and Nubians. They have the same styles as the ancients. They actually wear their hair and style it with butter and animal fat. I actually tried it myself.

[@DiscoveringNatural]

Great history of African hair. I'm Nigerian and have been using your videos to teach my girls. We love our hair!!

[@hometeamhistory806]

DiscoveringNatural Thanks thats awesome!

[@sparkman1314able]

+HomeTeam History hey I was wondering what about dread locks . and men. why do African men slave bald versus Africans in the Americas don't like to be bald. both places are hot and sunny

[@malikasilla1475]

+pokezee king-wolf Everyone in Africa can grow their hair. Jostylin is Nigerian and has long hair.

[@manofisrael7820]

LC' F God Bless

[@abundantsunflower1107]

DiscoveringNatural I Love Nigerians!

[@inquizative44]

I'm noticing a lot of African American women are wearing their natural hair. This is a happy time for me as a black man. Talk about visually stimulating, wow!! The more black women wear their natural hair, the more they'll explore better ways of cultivating, new styles and better hair care. Great video.

[@MsSteeldog]

+inquizative44 i LOVE it also. I do mean LOVE it.

[@MemoGrafix]

+inquizative44 The Asian and South American hair manufacturers/processors are making profits still on hair wigs/extensions/locks that look and feel like our hair natural and synthetic, they have revamped the market. If all of Us just relied on styling Our Own hair like We did in times past without hair pieces from them they will go broke. Weaves, wigs. extensions of any length/texture are not bad, they are great for people who have hair loss, an acting role, or to do elaborate styles, etc.

[@missball404]

yes!!!😊👍💕

[@Jellyfish_Abb]

I always hear people talk badly about black men but the guys in this comment section are so nice

[@sugarpuff2978]

As a white woman I just love seeing real Afro hair. I think it's just great and I feel sad that black women feel the need to not show it. I was born in seventies England so I can remember seeing Afro hair before people felt as though they couldn't/didn't want to show it. Grow it back ladies, it's fantastic!

[@letiah7863]

why don't we learn about culture like this is social studies class? all we learn about ourselves is that we were slaves. sure it's apart our history but not the only thing we have on our timeline

[@Amina-vy6yx]

Naps Of Nature because the people who vote for what we learn in school are upper middle class white people.

[@jademurillo67]

Naps Of Nature I'm in 10th grade and the history we've learned was how white people came for imperialism and killed people for their land. Lmao the lesson made whites look evil as hell 😂💯

[@Amina-vy6yx]

Melanin Gawdess But that's not all there is to it. They never teach all of it or the empires of black people. You'd be surprised how much we don't know. They don't teach about he Haitian revolution for example which was a situation where black people beat white people

[@jademurillo67]

Khaleesi ok and?

[@Amina-vy6yx]

Melanin Gawdess There is no and I was just encouraging you to learn more about black history beyond the Eurocentric textbooks...

[@aidafaustina9275]

Africans are gorgeous, and we have the most amazing hair in the world. Our creativity is incredible...

[@tabiebinola3322]

Hmh i agree i am african . like if you're african proud🌄

[@cynthiarivera2331]

If African Americans would use natural products, they could have beautiful hair also. Forget the weaves and wigs. It doesn't look good at all.

[@dannygeorge1928]

Cynthia Rivera : agree, not only so, they would put the users out of businessh

[@vlirixiavee5824]

Yall African Americans are African aswell

[@cynthiarivera2331]

@ask_yo_girl_about_me lemme be yo waifu Oh but the difference between you and I is the Carribean. I am so Black I make Nina Simone look Caucasian. Speak what you know. I'll speak what I know. My Black hair is down to my ass. My curls do what I make them do. Avocado, coconut oil and lots of conditioner.

[@seelaine3710]

I love black women to the bottom of my heart. They are the most beautiful women on the planet.

[@rolondanelson7147]

+angela flaherty it's true. do your research. ❤❤❤

[@mandisa_shabalala]

SE elaine Thank you.😄

[@joyceking6536]

Thank you

[@phyllislogie]

Being one myself I fully concur. You are and enlightened person.

[@meccamitchell3076]

Thank u very much ! :)

[@latoyakg8]

oh wow! Am very late, but how refreshing it is to see a black man speak highly of their own women instead of degrading us. Thank you and keep up the good work and despite what a lot of people say about black women their are a lot of good black women out here with their natural hair. god bless

[@veranielalunebleue6705]

KLG83 yaass sis

[@stanleymessiless9717]

KLG83 nat all men disliked black women because i in particular cherish our ladies ,buh only those that believe and appreciates them selves by knowing that the are Africans with many cultures and traditions .

[@SelfimproventandDevelopment]

Smh smh smh 🤦🏾‍♂️🤦🏾‍♂️🤦🏾‍♂️🤦🏾‍♂️🤦🏾‍♂️🤦🏾‍♂️🤦🏾‍♂️🤦🏾‍♂️🤦🏾‍♂️🤦🏾‍♂️

[@QueenLamecia]

Yessssss

[@littlegothgirl8869]

@@SelfimproventandDevelopment Where is the lie, though? Many of us in the diaspora unknowingly reinforce these negative messages to each other regarding our natural feautures. Many of our people are uninformed and don't know this history either. The psychological effects of racism have been passed down for generations.

[@marriaaa8505]

Proud to be African ! From the country of Guinée ( Fulani tribe)!! 😊

[@jimjerry5497]

I love fulani women

[@louise-yo7kz]

Maryam B wodabee

[@liunknownil2072]

Mariam B salut😊 ca va?

[@val9170]

Beautiful

[@yousufdaramay4914]

Peace :) I'm also from Guinea...Mandingo tribe

[@HelloWorld1947]

Remember, guys, this is just snippets of information he is providing us, if you want really detailed information, please, check out the links he provides and do your own research. he can only do so much in a video. Eventually, it is your job to educate yourself. thank you HomeTeam!

[@themans3584]

Aksum Princess you are right.thank you for that

[@anisebae2652]

You are gorgeous

[@nappyscribe1987]

Aksum አክሱም ፣ ንግሥት thank you!

[@LolaSemone]

Thank you for telling us

[@a.d.w8385]

Wow. The media has most of us believing African women are bald.

[@shawnhall3849]

well that's because there are women who do shave their heads but yes, not all of them have shaved heads

[@hannah60000]

That's because they show you young girls. It's seen as vain to have long hair in many African schools so the girls keep their hair in low cuts. However, times are changing and now they just wear one style. Uniformity.

[@Five2_]

Schools in some african countries require little girls' hairs to be shaved

[@Five2_]

Also some ethnic tribes all shave their head bald

[@sexygabby30]

@Depths Of My Soul exactly thank you

[@RayCharlies]

and they all got their edges.

[@buenavitalordez8992]

...for real,,,,smdh.

[@BrittneyChristina]

Ray Charlies 😫😂

[@ImadeIyamu]

haha

[@daneelswanepoel7544]

hahahaha

[@MSEDzirasa2015]

That's right! ROTFL XD!

[@praiseonaturals]

As an African Woman this is definitely one of my favourite topics Hair! and the music at the end love!

[@thespeechboss]

Praise Onaturals icu

[@ArghRawrWhoa]

melanated people are so undeniably beautiful.

[@vanessajones7087]

ArghRawrWhoa Just ignore this stupid troll women,she always on black people website stalking us, people like that have no life..

[@alistair5101]

ArghRawrWhoa African people are beautiful but don't push every other race down to make yourself feel better okay 💛

[@ArghRawrWhoa]

Lilia lyod are you on crack or heroin? Did you not read this thread? Shurrup

[@alistair5101]

your response henny

[@ArghRawrWhoa]

Lilia lyod I stand by my response. There is only one race, being the human race. And, everything I said about the melanin deficient population is true. I meant it. And I'm not your "henny". But, thanks for your response.

[@racaille20]

Damn I love to see a conscious African American... You don't reject your roots... Bravo!

[@sjappiyah4071]

Ama Ayomide Technically African-Jamaican-American lool, But Labels are only helpful suggestions after all, he’s a proud member of Africa disporia, that’s all that matters:)!

[@misahradivaactress4625]

Ana Xhosa queen love it

[@thandomntungwa6697]

Why didn't they tell us this at school? The Drama over hair was tense

[@kamykam8599]

Idk y Africans hate on African Americans so hard...like we had a choice being here

[@Peace704032797]

@@kamykam8599 Right? In many ways, their attitudes towards AA mimics racist White people. The irony...

[@deescott8312]

2020 black women are wearing their natural hair more than ever

[@ceonastv]

2021 yes indeed they are

[@wrestlinganime4life288]

As they should. Black women are unique. Hair, skin, lips, nose, curve.. All natural gift from God

[@twilight6779]

@@wrestlinganime4life288 Don't push your god onto others

[@rebekahlikesmusic2723]

I'm not black, but I have always thought black people have the most beautiful skin and hair on Earth! Thanks for sharing this knowledge! God bless ✌

[@lebogangmirriamshovhote4478]

Thank you

[@queensparkleintexas8090]

Thanks, I know you are Beautiful based on the commentary you’ve left . 2 yrs later. And I’m still and thankful. BE BLESSED AND BE SAFE 🙏🏽

[@amenanaka6640]

Thank you so much.

[@poopduke7453]

Aaaww thanks so are you

[@afroblack1000]

African hair is good hair

[@sarahannsqueaks4283]

afroblack1000 yess!!!!!☺❤❤❤❤❤

[@tiffani5353]

Yes Lord!

[@dianncotterell5531]

Sarah Ann Rushing yes very true

[@ohohnenyeoo2654]

afroblack1000 it is

[@mfmarshall4478]

afroblack1000 the best hair.

[@renrenee]

I just love being African ( Nigerian and Ugandan). It brings me so much pride

[@wickededogirl]

Ayyyeeeeee🇳🇬🇳🇬🇳🇬🇳🇬💪🏿❤️

[@Chigo-nr8jg]

🇳🇬 🇳🇬

[@MJosef-jo8py]

🇺🇬🇺🇬🇺🇬

[@edithsmithrealtor3618]

Not only that African women are the most beautiful among every race. We are naturally beautiful and smart with lot's full of ideas. People are mimicking black people's hair extensions, perfect backside, perfect lips, high chick bones, broad shoulder and also take our inventions and make their own. We are strong survivals too.

[@timothyjohnson8081]

Edith Smith i agree 😊😊😊

[@aaliyah3620]

Horrible-Artist699 Our lips are very soft and big!

[@sashabrande839]

+A. Kms but they way God created us is much more superior, look it up, the bible even stated that the colour black is a blessed colour, and it true!

[@sashabrande839]

+Horrible-Artist699 I think that you need to watch Angel_IKYG on black women, then you will rethink what you said.

[@stephanieduncan9143]

@@ACms-zn9ni WRONG 😂 bye for now We even age better. I LOVE this RICH MELANIN skin.✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾

[@EnvyAndrogyny]

I'm a white Italian man just trying to understand more about Africa since our educational system usually doesn't teach us anything about Africa after the fall of the Roman Empire. So thank you for your hard work!

[@sellac.1569]

Thank you for educating yourself❣

[@AdeolaSpeaks]

So proud to be African! 😍😍😍

[@missball404]

whew our hair is BEAUTIFUL!!!😥😊❤✊👍👍👍💕

[@tobby6312]

Yes I agree it is and fun too!!

[@Darkstalker212]

It always been beautiful.. 👌😍😍😘

[@csmith7275]

Absolutely right Darkstalker. Even when we were being programmed to think otherwise and couldn't see it ourselves while living in poor conditions...our hair was still in itself..beautiful.

[@missball404]

***** exactly! you see i ignored that fool i love our hair & aint shit nobody can say that will make me feel otherwise... usually when people are trying so hard to convince you that something is wrong with you its a reflection on how THEY FEEL about themselves lol sad though

[@phyllislogie]

Yes it is and we need to wake up to that fact!!

[@natashaadams4323]

Just turned 40 & finally did the chop! I had no clue what lied beneath that permed, processed, damage hair.... Wanted to cry at 1st for doing it! Never had my hair this short. Yet, I'm learning to embrace my natural kinky hair now. I want my daughter to be proud of her hair. .So I'm leading by example...

[@steffyjustin5108]

I see you lady 💗 That's an incredible gift you're giving your daughter and yourself. The gift of self-acceptance and self-love. My heart goes to you both.

[@taz9234]

Yes mom. Show her. I am almost 50 and I am just now appreciating and not afraid to wear my natural hair.

[@stayblack6444]

For all of those who are offended by the essence and the melanin of my people. 2 words Black Power!!!!!!

[@monember2722]

stay black stop assuming persecution were there is none.

[@blackrabbit2282]

Black Magic

[@Eowyn3Pride]

I'm white and this was a great Educational video!🥰 My hair is flat and boring, these ladies on the other hand were gorgeous !

@@Eowyn3Pride have some pride in yourself and don't pander to get brownie points its sad

[@Eowyn3Pride]

@ Is it pandering to speak the truth? I don't care for "brownie points ", just the truth. We're all unique human beings, that's enough for me.

[@teganwr288]

Gosh! I think it’s crazy you never see photos like these! All theses women are drop dead gorgeous and stunning. It’s nice to see old traditional hairstyles of a culture. In America their aren’t many strong role models of different ethnicities. Even then models and what not straighten their hair, lighten their skin and. Work hard to adhere to In a sense they are trying to copy and mimic Something that’s literally impossible to replicate physically. A good example of this is if you have a pear-shaped body and the standard of beauty was a inverted triangle shaped body. So instead of wearing clothes that was flattering to you you were close that were designed for people with big chests in little hips even though you had big hips in the small chest. I couldn’t even imagine living in a world where you had to mimic textured hair and to need dark back skin. My hair is just not design that way. it’s way too thinns and brittle I doubt it could take all the chemicals they would need to make a curly, dark and thick. I would have to dye my skin. My nose is way too long and I would need surgery. I am way too thin and don’t have beautiful curves.And after I’ve probably got all that done to try to be beautiful I would still like awkward because I would not be flattering my natural looks. Dark is beautiful!!! Textured hair is beautiful!!! Living yourself for who you are is beautiful!!!!.

[@teganwr288]

It really makes you think this video is very enlightening

[@jessicaaguirre1229]

They are soooooooo naturally beautiful 😍😍😍😍

[@crystaljoseph2245]

And your beautiful as well

[@ashantiabadbish4981]

Youre too sweet and you are beautiful too 😊

[@dandan3521]

you know it sista, so... care for some brown sugar? 😂

[@siyasanga_makie]

I love this video. This is proof to bash haters who always say black people can only be mixed in order to have "good hair" or a certain hair texture, nonsense!!! We are so diverse as black people and we come in different shades and hair textures

[@melanietoth1376]

People say that?!? Wtf. The most beautiful people I've ever seen are black....gorgeous inside and out.

[@arlethavondell5162]

Preach the truth, girl, sooooo TRUE!

[@themans3584]

we have to stop putting all that stuff in our hair like the Chemicals, it's bad for black woman hair.

[@nappyscribe1987]

the mans ...and health!

[@lillanthompson9086]

True

[@yvonnec-deaf2932]

Is There I was 22 year old Damage My Real Hair done from Perm Chemical mess Up , Was Long Real My hair arm to Hands Side Facts !! I was Very Very Depressed I Painful & Cried Lots Almost Everyday from Beauty Salson Store in East Orange New Jersey 1992 that time .. Never Grow up back done on Top Bald Empty hair grow back my hair . Yes I remembered Boss Black Woman got it Fire her Destroy My Hair payed me was $1,300 done .. Now I stopped No More Again Go There Beauty Salson Shop Store Never Again .. I has Scar .. My Daughter did it Brought Wig Style Hair gave me looked Good on Me , Postivite in My Life now Sometimes I buy Wig Yes .. I Miss My Own Hair Done !! It's Scare Perm Chemical is Crazy !!!! My Daughter is Real Long Her Hair down Butt half . She is Beautiful My Daughter's Hair , I'm Jealous My Daughter hair .. She say to me Mom Don't Worry Be Happy Nice Looks Wig Style Stay Strong Mother Mother kiss My Cheek .. Make me Smile at Her . She say God Bless .. I see Them Whoever Breast Cancer Fall Out Hair Bald , That's Sadly .. Yes My Older Sister has Breast Cancer Removed & Bald No Hair Lost & used to Wigs ,so .. Other Reason Woman have No Hair Sickless cover Nice Wigs ... Can't Blames , Wouldn't Faults .. Accpet it Wigs Nice & Respect ,so . God knows ! I'm Deaf Black Woman Humble & Stay Strong Postivite Strength ..

[@quartzzhuit]

🔥🔥🔥

[@neekahgreen5365]

currently sitting here taking down braids--- lol. and i did notice that even the wigs and protective styles were all still Afro based-- not straight and european looking.

[@dyanasbdoriginalchannel1492]

We are our ancestors. Lol.

[@Eowyn3Pride]

That was nice to see! Now is the time for Africa to show and be proud of diversity of culture. NOT EUROPEAN!🥰

[@TheMamita84]

A proud "Soninké" from Mauritania in west Africa ❤️😍

[@Five2_]

Ayeee I'm of gambian descent

[@mary18203]

Senegal Gambia Guinee bissau in me

[@trudy_triad]

Gorgeous hun you are. Proud South African over here.

[@baeva5309]

A Mauritanien Fulani 😍🇲🇷

[@NyarRailakende]

Luo Nilotes from Kenya but currently living in Iceland Reykjavik, moving to the Motherland next month..Greetings

[@Foutamd]

Fulani girl from guinea!👸🏾👋🏽 I love my hair

[@keylinmunguia]

Omg, you look so beautiful 😍

[@josephsmith9663]

Beautiful

[@jessicaaguirre1229]

That's why you are so beautiful ❤️👍

[@tianamsh]

West Africans women have diverse hair texture and style!

[@melissamurray1328]

Lorriane ebrunie right and yet u have many who think that black women had to be mixed with some other ethnicities to have " good hair"

[@Mimi-mq2wj]

and east lmao????? and south???

[@kairuannewambui8456]

Melissa Murray seriously when i was young in kenya village my mam and relative ladies had long strong hair..when look at some comment here i think poeple should go deep in africa..then see virgin hair wonder.

[@janicen4945]

kairu Anne wambui what village? I'm Kenyan btw

[@Sakurachanamv]

•Mimi • she’s talking about west African. Maybe because she is west African. Create your own comment about east and South African.

[@Sindyred]

I loved this! I am in the process of deciding on a dissertation topic and African/African-American Hair is at the top of my list. We are so quick to say that "we have indian in our family" because of the "non-kinky" type hair that some of us have. We tend to think that Africans only have "nappy/kinky/coily/ hair and never tend to think that - our "non-kinky" type hair may have come from our African ancestors instead of the imaginary Native American ancestors. There is so much that we have to learn about ourselves. Thank you!

[@Itsmeyall9654]

Sindyred I would love to read this dissertation!!! Go for it, Sister!!!!

[@godlychild7925]

I admit I was once guilty of that. But have since been illuminated and edified after watching similar videos. It's what we've been taught in the Caribbean for example, given our diverse backgrounds and mix of races/ethnicities. That was, we need to educate our women and men. I have actually gone on a natural hair journey and it's now been a year. I feel so powerful even though I was first daunted, having had relaxed hair from a child.

[@angryblackwomanphd]

goodluck! 👌👌👌👌💟💟💟💟

[@yellowlight2563]

Also the longer hair he's, the heavier it may get, and thus hair texture changes. Some one who is 4c can go to raise just from immense growth b/c 30 inch hair isn't going to look like 8 inch hair all around your head(for blk ppl) which is why some ppl make think that long-haired blk women are "Indian"

[@lisaferrell8934]

This is my topic also for my final project for college. Send me some information I can research on.

[@jtorie1]

We have the most unique and diverse hair in history. God literally adorned our heads with artwork 👑. Thank you so much for these videos. ❤

[@ron8090]

Who else is watching this because they're African-American and want to feel more connected with their roots?

[@BluEx22329]

You're Black?

[@ron8090]

@@BluEx22329 yes, that's not me in my pfp lmaooo

[@ridatehadji3619]

I am a black woman born and raised in France. My parents were birn on small islands in the indian ocean and I do appreciate the messages carried by this channel ...

[@jenniferbrown6685]

Really love my Roots ❤️ just stumble upon this channel, do love and happy that I found it, LOV from Jamaica

[@edelogolla2629]

Beautiful to want to get connected with ur African roots. Let no one make you forget where u come from. AFRICA will always love you. All 54 states of it.

[@AKAWRITTEN]

This channel is God Sent🙏👏👏👏👏 I love it

[@michaeldeth1485]

The most diverse hairstyles in the world. All are impressive! I prefer naturally beautiful hair over artificial and processed hair every time.

[@pyroblast3000]

I know one thing Africa have some Gorgeous women, it's like other worldly beautiful. Great video!

[@inquizative44]

pyroblast3000 They are the most beautiful women in the world, from head to toe.

[@earthdefender5477]

+inquizative44 African women have a raw beautify,love it

[@hindizummeri6056]

+inquizative44 "I know, and now realizing why everyone try to demonize them so, (among other reasons) these are people that, other black people and black European mixture probably never knew were there in the world, thanks to media and racism?" From watching this video and seeing the different tribes, hair, and styles just goes to show want black people has been saying all along, is that Africans are brothers and sisters in most cases but they are not all the same as we see through all their different styles ect...

[@MamaWhit87]

pyroblast3000 yesss..different...

[@TheLilly]

pyroblast3000 And don't forget that Wakanda is in Africa as well.

[@HyenaHouseENT]

I cant get enough of your channel bro. Watching all these vids

[@sellac.1569]

Right on brother❣✊🏾🖤

[@quenayanish2583]

so proud to be somalian 🇸🇴

[@Ahmed-tk2uq]

quen ayanish proud too

[@quenayanish2583]

yeah saxib

[@user-pn9zf2lj4c]

Bobby shmurda Hat it’s about Africa tho

[@user-pn9zf2lj4c]

Bobby shmurda Hat so how is it the wrong video Somalia is in Africa

[@Mimi-mq2wj]

@Bobby shmurda Hat if somalis weren't black why would they be in this video

[@cliffmichael3874]

Finally seen your face my fellow Pan-Africanist. 😊 I'm a big fam from Egypt. Much love and keep up the great work by telling true Africa history. Gone are the days we believed the lies they told us. It's a moment of ”Awakening”, now it's time to unlearn the wrongs and learn ”Truth”. May God richly bless you and every African on the continent and diaspora.

[@sellac.1569]

Beautifully and wonderfully expressed❣

[@cliffmichael3874]

@Chelsea Love Yes, I AM BLACK. The original Egyptians are BLACKS. You probably don't know the history of how the so-called white people got to Egypt. Most of the whites are of Turkish, Greek, British, Italian origin.

[@cliffmichael3874]

@Chelsea Love 😜 Black never fades.

[@eamami1087]

so glad this beautiful channel is growing

[@venturaoctavia]

thank you brother for educating us on black history ..need more like you .

[@MultiCandomble]

I loved this teaching. Thank you very much!

[@hometeamhistory806]

no problem

[@strategiesetdeveloppement2525]

it's good but i don' t speal english but it's good

[@d.c.csquadlove3325]

HomeTeam History

[@user-fl5bs4nc2k]

Thank you this was great. I am so thankful that we are waking up and embracing our beautiful hair! I am a proud 51 year old African American woman, and I wish so much that we had this positive hair movement back when I was a teenager. My friends and I would have enjoyed the wonderful, simple things in life so much more, like playing in the rain, going for walks in the rain with our boyfriends, swimming and not worrying about how our hair was gonna look, actually getting our hair washed more often! I'm so glad this generation won't have to carry those burdens. I no longer carry them either. I love my natural hair! It is a gift from God!

[@bellawangari8557]

If i knew my hair would be this damaged ,i would have never relaxed it in my teenage yrs. We need to teach our daughters better.

[@mssassi21]

You are amazing my brother. glad v to have found this. my dad is from the Bahamas and since I was a little girl he has been trying to get me to focus on African history and the natural hair care for women. I used to just throw him off but over the past 5 years I'm really embracing history and I love it.

[@daughter_laura2908]

When u said fulani...I smiled so wide I thought my face would crack. Proud fulanian😊😊😊 Guniea👏👏👏

[@Blvckculture]

Love it! Thank you brother. Your smooth voice makes it all worth while!

[@mlmw1979]

Ase, my brother!!! Very informative. I love your teaching style: calm and pleasant voice and great visualizations.

[@hairbyhabiba23]

OMG nice to see this tribute! I am obsessed with hair! Medical doctor by day & hair diva by night. No hair do can I not recreate !

[@cherishdeb]

I looooove KINGS like you :-) afrika unite! what an inspiring channel :)

[@diamondyvonne5165]

Delightful historical revelations about our awesome and beautiful African Hair... keep up the good work!

[@klomax7089]

Very well done video! I really appreciate this, I just did my AncestryDNA and have confirmed my West Afrikan roots, so seeing homage paid to these women is right on time for me. As a Black woman born in America, embracing our hair is truly a personal journey. I am now -after a 10 year natural hair journey- can say I really love my hair!

[@klomax7089]

Not sure how I got strike-thrus in my comment, but pls ignore it

[@nashuwareneemiller6501]

Love the lessons. I am Afro-Caribbean-Canadian decent and I wore braided hair to my university class and a professor told me "not in my class" . It became a human Right issue and the professor had to apologized for not to get fired.

[@SusieQ156]

Good for you !

[@powkiss]

I enjoyed your video and I especially took note of the distinction you drew between the wigs, extensions and weaves of ancient Africans mimicking their natural hair textures and modern trends which mimic European and Asian textures. I have been re-naturalized for about 5 years now and I love it! However, I am dismayed at the few options there are for protective wigs and weaves that embrace African hair textures.

[@tennesseedoll521b8]

awesome i just cut most of my hair so that i can just do me. no more weaves, wigs, or anything. im just wearing a small afro. i am loving it.

[@mikeaskme3530]

Wow not one racist white or Ottoman Turk here ( Arab nowadays), so glad I found this channel.

[@arnoldsgrorm]

about 50% arabs are muslim. the other roughly 50% are christian. islam is the only true religion. God says in the quran that the only thing that makes anyone superior is how pious he/she is in relationship to God. it has nothing to do with race or nationality in islam. read the quran, it's the truth, and God only judges by your faith and worship/piousness towards Him. so, at least per the muslim people whether white, black, arab, asian or whatever there is no such thing as racism.

[@jonothandoeser]

Turks are not the same as Arabs.

[@sebia322]

Nancy Haynes why u so pressed?

[@LuckyLucky-xp2sz]

@@arnoldsgrorm Are you that stupid? This was a comment meant to praise people for not feeling that they are better than people here n you stupidly are claiming Islam is the only true religion and superior and anyone believing in anything else is inferior? You hv just defeated the spirit of the comment. You fool. Stupid

[@downo]

Ottoman Turk? Wtf are you talking about Mike?

[@MrAYEJAYLOCO]

Great video. We enjoyed it. Asante sana Home Team!

[@anid9027]

Gucci versace STFU piggy

[@cynthiaramoutarleston5635]

Shalawam, this presentation is one of the best for some of our ignorant sisters,please continue to publish more for our learning.

[@amythibodeauxclemons511]

Thank you for blessing us with that history lesson on hair Im considered Creole from Lousiana Ive been doing black haircare professionally for 22 years. I own and operate a 5 star salon in Houston Texas, Salon Adeaux. Im big on history, and sharing this video will bring me and my clients such joy. Im also very proud of my Ancestors and blessed to have made hair skills. So seeing these beautiful women brings me so much pride and happiness. Blessings love

[@kayinolatunji7394]

In Africa, hair represented beauty, culture and class. This practice is common among many peoples around the world. In the West(Americas) however, Africans make use of perms because of dislike/hatred for their own hair. Africans on the continent have also adopted this behaviour. They are ashamed of their hair. The natural hair movement exist because women are aware of this issue. Natural hair is beautiful!

[@MKRex]

I'm a Yoruba man, I think it's about time we stop criticising women and what they choose to do with their hair. Women own their bodies and they have every right to do with their hair as they choose. It's very misogynistic when men are the ones always seemingly prescribing best practices for womanhood. The constant pressures of conformity to status quo is the same exact reason why there is a shift to self determination in all aspects of life (and rightly so) as we're observing today. As Yoruba men, we are inherently tolerant, it's not within our culture to be so against plurality of ways of life, this is what made us great as a people. It's beneath us, to be judgemental. I remember my great grand mother saying to me once, when I asked why Yorubas venerated women, more so than most other cultures, she said "Men may be the heads, but women are the neck, if the neck doesn't allow it, the head will go nowhere.." Synergy/Equilibrium/Balance is the Yoruba way.

[@NaijaChristine]

+KarlinRex I'm Igbo, but I still love your response my Nigerian brother.

[@OlObuffalo]

@KarlinRex As a Black Woman, I'm glad you said this - the criticism is silly. Advocating for healthy hair practices is not the same as throwing women under the bus for their hairstyles. It would be nice if people would recognize the difference. Hair is not something Black people should be in divided camps over.

[@MKRex]

Chic Chi Be very careful of the conspiracy theories you expose yourself to. I'm not sure what natural hair has to do with any of what you just wrote, it's not that deep.

[@nonino1644]

KarlinRex is right. If someone wears a relaxer/perm that's a rightful choice! I've worn natural and relaxed its MY BODY. I'm tired of looking at pulled back afro puffs but it's a woman's right to choose what she wants to do with her hair. Would the USA be a better place if most blondes were not box blondes? So stop acting like relaxers and weaves are the oppressors.

[@destinyhasu]

i only clicked this video because of the thumbnail cheekbones i was like damn. contour aint got sht on that

[@LinzeyLiNO]

Contouring i believe is the imitation of the high cheekbones that many Africans have!!!

[@darkdream1469]

@@LinzeyLiNO soo true

[@louise-yo7kz]

👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽

[@Imogen18113]

Thank you, I absolutely loved the natural hair styles of our African sisters

[@nitawatson5124]

Your documentaries are so peaceful, so comforting, so educational. I am so glad to have discovered you. Blessings, Nita #knowthyself #rememberyourancestors

[@ochanya9653]

You are right to the core. I grew up in Nigeria. My dad used to take me to the village to spend time with both sides of my grand parents. I saw all these styles. Then I moved to the north of Nigeria where the Fulanis, "Buzus"( middle eastern African) were so popular. Hausas also and more. I lived in those hair styles then. Thank you so much. You did a great job. Will show my grand daughter

[@HaveSumn_2Loose]

great video I cut my permed hair couple days ago, I hate that at first I was nervous going outside without my shoulder length hair but it actually felt liberating and maybe some body seen me outside walking and they got interest to love their natural hair like I am.

[@Crawfordsfive]

And to think I've been calling it a "pompadour" all this time. When Janelle Monae came out and rocked that particular Fulani style and it started re-trending here in the US, we should have been calling it a "wudabu" (sp. check) but instead, as usual, we like to put French names on everything. Smh.. if you look up the woman after whom the pompadour is named, it is markedly different

[@hunibuni]

It's wodaabe (the name of the tribe) he pronounced it wrong :)

[@louise-yo7kz]

Wodabe

[@arnettasavage9071]

I love the high puff. Love Afro Puffs.

[@lclaney6240]

3:36 - I love that hair style on the left. I have done my locs in a similar style.

[@bruck2723]

Lc Laney are you ununmarryed fulani, tho? lol

[@ms.teaversation8072]

Excellent commentary... knowledge is power 💯‼️

[@davidking6242]

Could you please do a video about the Asante Empire and their relationship with nearby kingdoms and links with more ancient African kingdoms?

[@hometeamhistory806]

kwadwo baidoo good topic... might take some time to get to it tho

[@davidking6242]

HomeTeam History it would be a good idea. I heard many Africans in America have devilized Asante due to their major contribution to the Atlantic slave trade

[@mikeworld39]

HomeTeam History Sir, can I ask you about the Tuareg; are they native Africans or do they have other admixture?

[@davidking6242]

mikeworld39 their natives. there is no reason to assume otherwise

[@davidking6242]

HomeTeam History My hair is unique amongst my family. It isnt straight or curly but spiked similar to a mixture of east asians and africans. some say its because of my asian ansestry but i dont think that is, i think it is an Asante trait but im not sure?

[@Christia82]

Interesting topic, I enjoyed the Fulani hairstyles the most and also the Yoruba hairstyles.

[@Christia82]

+Soraya. Oh really? I googled the people and saw that they are called Bamum?! That's interesting because I know Yoruba women have other diverse hairstyle. Thanks for letting me know.

[@sadibarry]

proud fulani 😊

[@morganfay9849]

Proud african✊

[@kevingreat875]

What about black men hair (no disrespect) but black men hair is largely forgotten but black women need to see how beautiful theyre natural selves are.

[@trudy_triad]

☝

[@dr.sherryleonard-foots4200]

Thank you much for this educational and highly informative video!! Excellent work!!

[@rbaylor001]

Thank you for another great video. I'm just a old white woman that loves any history about all people. I know in this day and age it is a billion dollar industry for black ladies hair here in the U.S.A. On a different note, there is an actress by the name of Grace, I can't remember her last name, but she kept her hair short and I have always thought she was such a beautiful black woman. Again, thank you for the nice video and you do have a nice calm voice to go with it. Take care.

[@nandiphasango8966]

Hello handsome!! Im addicted to your voice right now! Please teach these self hating black men to see the beauty in us instead of running to the Kardashians

[@litaboyd5299]

Black women's hair is the best, when can do anything to our hair, and SLAY!🍎🍎🍎

[@bymarilyn3919]

Your knowledge is revolutionary....

[@omokaroojiire]

You barely scratched the surface, this is a huge topic. Great intro, thanks for posting!!!

[@princessdafiyah896]

I stopped relaxing last year because of you thanks

[@RealHistory09]

Most definitely one of your best videos. Keep up the good work brotha

[@302Notary-fingerprintboss]

I'm grateful that you posted this information. Im exhausted trying to convince some African American women of the fact that our hair is diverse. Yes some have straight and wavy hair. We're as diverse with our hair types as we are with our skin tones. #MelaninFierceness

[@4exquisiteservice680]

Wonderful video! I just started wearing my natural 4c kinky hair almost 3 years ago. I am totally in love with it. I'm thankful for the ladies who dared to explore their natural beauty before me. It takes seeing beauty in others before seeing it in ourselves. I never knew what my real hair was like due to early heat damage and neglect. I subbed and look forward to checking out more of your vids about our awesome amazing powerful and beautiful history.

[@sparklerosemary1021]

Your knowledge is incredible thank you much love!!

[@coosettem2045]

Love this informative and educational video on African women hair. #thanks4sharing

[@lwiggins2able]

I love this video!!! Black women are beautiful in unique all over the world. We must come together and appreciate our unique beauty and celebrate it.

[@WEAREFREENOW]

Thank you for posting cultural African hair history. Appreciation.

[@tbvictorious1428]

I can literally feel your swag! Your energy is so calm and soothing... I really do appreciate the history lesson!

[@AssanRaelian]

Excellent video brother. Thanx for sharing

[@latishabrown6911]

I really hate that hair scale. So many Black people cared about "What grade hair someone had" & now there's an actual guide to grading Black hair. A damn shame.

[@skyychase2132]

Knowing the grade helps you know how to take care of your hair. It has helped grow my hair from half inch to 7 inches after the big chop. I buy products according to my hair grade my hair loves it and is growing like crazy i will be at least 14 inches by my bday. So its good information

[@sophiejones7727]

it isn't for black hair, and it isn't a grading scale. It's a descriptive scale, and it's for everyone. I'm a 2B, for example. That simply describes how tightly my hair curls, and what sort of products should be used on it. It is a tool to help people take care of their hair better, rather than a judgement cast on someone. Since so many people have had their traditions taken away from them, tools like this are important for helping people live healthy lives.

[@latishabrown6911]

YES, I KNOW THIS ALREADYBUT NONE OF THIS WAS THE ASPECT I WAS REFERRING TOO. NONE OF YOUR COMMENTS ARE THE ASPECT OF GRADING I WAS REFERRING TO BUT THAT'S STILL COOL & OK.

[@theblackpearlofbraavos]

@@latishabrown6911 I get what you're saying and yes it's a tool, a tool that we absolutely should NOT married to. I follow it, but VERY loosely. Its own creator admitted that it was low-key problematic, and there's no denying that.

[@quartzzhuit]

Pathetic🔥

[@cyancyborg1477]

"If a woman left her hair undone, it meant something was wrong." Yes. Can confirm.

[@joladrianke5976]

Thank you for sharing this knowledge.

[@viviancovington7813]

Thanks!

[@louisescott5836]

Great information!!! Black hair is beautiful! I love the diversity of hair textures and styles.

[@NaturallyHigh]

Love this video!

[@csmith7275]

I am SO glad I ran across your channel. Definitely a new subbie and sharing this info. I can't wait to check out your website. Thanks for sharing this. A lot of sisters need to wear Afrocentric wigs if they're going to look like someone; immolate yourselves over others. Love it! Keep up the good work Bro. BlackPower!!

[@ambitiousash86]

Excellent video very informative. I enjoy all your videos.

[@millions2nette]

Excellent Vid...So informative, educational and uplifting...and BEAUTIFUL HAIR! Keep em coming.

[@melanietoth1376]

I've never seen anything like this before. So much beauty and creativity ♡