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So far I enjoyed every Nigerian clip❤️ I’m happy that America didn’t spoil you and you are still able to embrace your home and culture with pride and class. I love how Aunty was showing off for the camera lol I found it so cute. I think she was proud that you asked her to do her hair ❤️
I remember wearing this style to school in elementary school in America and the kids kept asking me if they were worms. Lol.. I can laugh at it now, but back then it made me self conscious and I told my mom to stop doing the style for me. It definitely helps to stretch the hair out and protect it. The style typically lasts about two weeks.
@@SeunOkimi 😘But you know it's true. I will approach the IOC(International Olympic Committee) about it. They might consider it in Paris 2024!. To mark who will win the Gold Medal, they will mark the kind of cool braids you wear, "with da smile" You must have been a very Happy child when you were young.
I have just got a reply from the IOC and they say they are considering putting smiling in the 2024 or 2028 L.A Olympics. So Seun get prepared for training in Smiling. You might get a call as regards in training in smiling. 😊😂😃
Missing the latest video from Seun. How are you? How are you finding the Naija life? I am sure you are now getting acclimatised to the Naija weather. 😂 As hot as hot suya😂😂😂
I use to work at an exporting firm in NYC that was owned by a Nigerian family. The majority of the customers and employees were Nigerian…they were all some of the warmest, nicest people I’ve ever met. I once complimented the traditional dress and head piece of a customer and she returned the next day with outfit in hand…she literally gave me the clothes off her back. That was 15 yrs ago and I still cherish not only that outfit but the memory. Nigerians are some of the most humble and kindest ppl you’ll evr meet….and they ALL have beautiful smiles 😊
I love how excited the woman is to be in front of the camera and how she told her family how she performed. Super sweet and cute xoxo. I love her spirit!! God bless you mama!
My sister and I had this hairstyle a lot while growing up in London UK. Most girls of Nigerian parents did. I’m Urhobo. My mum used to use thread and not rubber. My favourite thing was undoing it as your hair would rapidly rotate like the blades of a helicopter 🚁😂
Yup my mom did it all the time when me and my sisters were growing up. I ask her to do it when I go to my parents for holidays too. Great protective style and stretching method, also faster than braids ❤️🇳🇬
I can see why this hairstyle would be a benefit for hair growth. The fact that the hair is protected (causing less breakage) is amazing for people looking for a hair growth method that won't take too long to make.
I like your spirit seun for the humility in you to treat this woman this way. Some Africans will say they can't relate with house help just because they are house help. I even thought she is your family member just because of the way you relate with her. Keep up this attitude. Hope people who are rich in Nigeria will learn from you to see that everyone is equal even if they are house help or children .
Some places even treat the "help" as slaves. They do everything short of killing them. And I'm will to bet some actually have been killed but they wrote it off as they just "ran away"
@@susansue6531 yup. But the initial comment still stands. A lot of people that have house helps are very wicked to them simply because they are arrogant. The wickedness goes both ways
For some reason this is making me teary eyed while smiling. It's sad what we as African-Americans don't know about our history but it is soooo inspiring to see you do this. The joy with which you delivered this video and the loving energy from these women is amazing. As a Nigerian who has lived in the US and is so tied to African-American culture you are uniquely qualified to do this.. Thank you Seun so much!!! I love your videos!🤗❤
Thank you so much for doing these videos, I too was teary eyed watching The Joy of the women doing your hair and being appreciated for it! Please let them know that I admire their talents so much! Such skill and imagination, wow! Let them know that we here in the states admire their work, please! I am so hooked on your videos. ❤️
Guys this is NIGERIAN culture. We are a whole new ppl group some that have no NIGERIAN ties. I've been in 3 NIGERIAN weddings. IT was not.my.culture. I appreciated it though. We can appreciate another culture without this " it's so sad. " it's not sad.
@@NB-nh2sfyou do realize we are all the same race which is African. A lot of African Americans have no clue what ethnicity their generation comes from. It is sad that African Americans have no clue where they originated from. On top of that during slavery ,which went on form more than 400 years, you had all types of slave breeding etc. so many different African cultures being mixed together. There is nothing wrong with Africans americans experiencing different types of African culture. We are not colonizers.
This is so amazing. As a child I often wore this hairstyle in the Dominican Republic. I'm from a Batey (Haitian Dominican Community) in Barahoona, south of the island. We used threads and called "rastear". I never connected it to the mother land. It's amazing how traditions survived and continue to be passed down. This bring me so much joy. Next time I go home, I'll make sure to get this protective style under a wig.
I love how this style was developed before newer techniques (like blow dryers and rollers) but still achieves the same result of stretching the hair. It’s so cool to see our ancestor’s traditional ways of doing every day things. Also, I love your Granny’s hair. The style was so intricate!
Honestly I could imagine her and her grandmothers hair on art works of goddesses, it’s so intricate and ornamental it’s so visually stunning to look at!
People especially Black people who are the descendants of enslaved people just need exposure to the history of African beauty rituals and the ethnic groups they come from. Thanks for sharing this wonderful experience.
Agreed. I wish I knew more about my ancestors on my dads side. All i really know is that when my dad did the ancestry test, it had a high percentage of Nigerian.
@@strawberrytiramisu Nice, it seems that is Nigerian ancestry is common in most of the Black Diaspora, thankfully we have the technological tools and literature to trace back to some of our ancestral homes and their unique cultures.
@Umbuko DaJuko A lot of bad things were done, by fellow Africans to Africans that is a fact thanks for sharing, but regardless. It is important to share culture, goodwill, mutual business opportunities, and unity in the Black Diaspora. I would love to know what specific ethnic groups were willing participants.
When she curled them up and put them in that style it totally gave me futuristic vibes! I would totally do a photoshoot with the hair like that and some bomb make up
I used to do that, slightly smaller sections with a side part instead of all back and I grew up in Cameroon. Threading is very common in Africa. Good job Showing this off.
Brings back childhood memories of your mother making this style on Sunday afternoons. Because we had school the next day. Every Friday, the school would announce a style/pattern that your hair was supposed to be in on Monday. You couldn't do any pattern outside the one announced. So much history wr should be sharing more often.
I actually learned how to do this style on RU-vid and straightened my hair without having to blow-dry first today! It is a great heatless stretching method and I think every natural should have it in their Arsenal!
You look absolutely beautiful. I used to wear this proudly in secondary school, here in the UK and many people actually liked it. So important to embrace and be proud of our culture. Thanks for sharing this!
@@SeunOkimi it’s really interesting seeing some of the similarities and differences between Nigerian and Black American culture and the way we do our hair! I know this isn’t a complete representation of Nigerian culture but it’s always nice to see how Black people experience life in different parts of the world!!!
My mum used to do this to my hair when I was little and I completely forgot about the existence of this hairstyle 🥺 This video is somehow making me want to cry because it reminded me of all the happy far away memories of my childhood
I used to hate when my mom did this hairstyle on my head. In a mostly white school 😭 But now I know it saved my hair. I always had pretty long hair as a child and the protection was ON POINT!
My family is Gullah/Geechee and I remember when I spent time with my great grandmother in Charleston that she would do my cousin's hair just like this. She used cotton thread though. Amazing how we carried these traditions across 400 years!
This is so wonderful because I can see how the African continent country of Nigeria 💕❤️💕🥰🥰🥰A lot of us African Americans descendants of Slaves can see what we never knew. 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾ThankYou for doing this series💕❤️💕❤️💕
Omg in Haiti this is one of our go to hairstyles, but we use either yarn or the strings that they use for a sew-in. I love that how are culture is so similar to one another.
I am loving this she was so gentle and quick in doing your hair while showing love at the same time. I believe I'm in love with the rubber versus using the thread!! I will be trying this on my daughter.
This was such a breath of fresh air. I thoroughly enjoyed this. I'm from Zimbabwe 🇿🇼 by the way and it's crazy how I relate to these forms of African hairstyling. This side we use actual thread to do buns. These were so beautiful
Growing up in Lagos in the mid to late 70's I would always get my hair done like this in preparation for the new school week. How I miss those days, only one hair product and my hair grew like crazy
We were at the amusement park and we saw someone with a similar style. My friend asked about it and I told them that they do it in Nigeria and tried to look it up and saw you just uploaded the video. I really want to do the style now. When they pack it, it's super cute and it helps your hair grow because it's a protective style and keeps your hair stretched.
wow, I've got to say I didn't expect the final product to be this beautiful. I thought they were going to leave it standing after threading the hair, looked really awesome in the end.
I remember women doing this way way back but with black thread. Quick to do, even faster to take down. I wish I could find someone to do this for me today, this would be my signature style for the rest of my life 😩
I also remember wearing my hair like this as pre-schooler and in elementary school - it was great for stretching the hair and making my 4C hair manageable without heat. Sadly the style wasn't embraced very well back then...
We are all loving these videos so please keep them coming. African American women in particular feel very emotional watching because many of ancestors were kidnapped from Nigeria. When we see your family we know that they are our family as well. Thanks so much Cousin!
EXACTLY how I feel I couldn’t explain it but watching these videos makes me excited and happy and with so much going on around the world it’s refreshing to watch content that feels good!!!
Lol the way aunty was so excited to be on camera lol 😂 lol she was ready to take over🤣the hair style looks so cute Seun , I would also try it if it’s not tight 😊
I just love the lady that twist your hair!! That personality!!! This is a neat process. I feel we are about to see waist length natural hair❤ Just ordered this brush.
Everyone has such beautiful smiles and contagious laughter!!! Watching the family joke about how everyone joked around about putting a on a show/performance for the camera was so precious!! Everyone seems so nice and friendly, it’s so wonderful~~ 🥰🥰
This is such a pretty style! Thank you for sharing especially with an American audience. Many of us have Nigerian roots so it helps us to reconnect to various cultures of Nigeria that were taken from us during slavery. So happy to see that you are twins with your grandmother and helping young people to reconnect with a beautiful legacy and tradition.
Ms. Seun, you look so beautiful with this hairstyle. I love your Nigerian series. I’m a Igbo. I’m always borrowing words and fashion styled from my fellow Yoruba and Igbo people. Lol. Be beautifully and abundantly blessed😊❤️🙏🏾🙌🏾👑🍾🎉
Hey Sis, I’m watching this thinking that any minute now Mama is gonna turn around and produce a lace dress and a handsome brother. She made you look like a Princess of the soil on her wedding day. Loved it. Thanks.
This series is so much fun to watch. I'm really enjoying it. It's good to see a positive view of parts of Africa instead of what is shown to us in America. I liked the style on you it is regal, but I can't even imagine sitting long enough to get it done on my WL hair. I have no patience and a short attention span.
Seems like a really good experience of trying out a hairstyle. And looks like the folks doing it know it well, they did it so effectively and it looks great!
I've been transitioning to natural for 9 months now. And did the chop last week. I have a combination of 2 hair types. Natural hair rocks. I'm loving it. Love your channel always. Much love from Trinidad and Tobago 🇹🇹
The style looks so good on you and it used to be very common when I was a child. But we used planting thread for that. It helped in stretching the hair so fast and so well. I enjoyed watching you lively shots
Seun thank you so much for taking us along. You and your grandma are walking pieces of art😍 I feel so blessed to be learning so much from your life in Nigeria 🇳🇬 I’m so looking forward to learning more💖🙏🏽
Wow. She always is smiling and it's infectious. 😍 I take back everything I said in that last comments section about smiling over the boy. 😒 I meant no disrespect.
I made this hairstyle a lot while growing up, my hair texture was hard, so this was always my go-to hairstyle. It looks so beautiful on you and it brought out your face.
I first saw the post of this hairstyle on instagram and it looks so beautiful on you. Honestly I almost got emotional just watching this lol. Just so lovely to see. I love your documentaries of Nigeria. Much love to my Nigerian aunties and grandma as well! They were so sweet and beautiful.
All of the women in this video are so beautiful, kind, and super creative and gifted with God’s grace! Loved this! Never seen this technique before and am totally in LOVE😍. It’s gorgeous on U!
Takes me back. Used to do this even with ralxed her and it still turned up amazing. I really don't know why we as Africans have abondoned some of our way life. Love from Gh🇬🇭
I ❤️ the history and the stories behind our African hairstyles it just shows we are so smart and innovative we are the trendsetters. Your hair is Beautiful I❤️it. She did a Great job. Tyfs Your Grandmother is Gorgeous 🥰🥰
That was the part that was most interesting to me because I naturally do this not ever seeing anyone else. I recently started using rubber several rubber bands per section on my granddaughter for the same reason more like the traditional active American styles and never knew of this. I love it!!!
First of all let me say you grandmother is beautiful😍 I can see where your beauty comes from. I love your hairstyles. The hair stylist was everything, had me smiling the entire video😁‼ We need this in America. Trying to use less heat as possible.
Yep! Iam Ghanaian and my mom wore this hairstyles growing up. I guess its something common with all Africans. And I also think that's what has been modernized into locks
Threading and locs are different things. In Yoruba land, threading is "irun Kiko" while locs is "dada". Locs are not modern. They're as old or perhaps even older than threading.
@@stranger7702 yea I get you but iam talking about how they use yarn or synthetic hair to create the locs now adays. Unless there is a difference name for it that I don't know.
I’m falling in love with natural hair. I’ve relaxed my hair for 23 years. I still have my thick medium dense hair but viewing these wonderful style makes me so happy. Great look Seun
As a hairstylist I will tell, this is really a good protective style if it isn't tight and also a good way to strich your natural hair and using rubber thread help ratain all the wonderful hair products your hair without striping your hair
I love African threading. There are so many different ways to do it and it’s so unique, elegant and stylish. This looks so cute! The ladies who did your hair have such sweet, warm personalities. Thanks for sharing. 😊
Unfortunately, young people in Africa despise these traditional hairstyles. I Remember going to Nigeria some years back. My hair was natural. I used to make my hair in the traditional way. People used to talk. Some said I was broke. I didn’t look trendy. I was the eccentric woman that returned from England. Young Nigerian women could do anything for the Brazilian or Peruvian wig. Sad!
That's not really the case. People often fantasize about Africa without knowing the truth. Up to 70% of Nigerian women use bleaching creams. Africa isn't this black mecca we like to think it is, colonization is real.
@@Latte-girly90 Erm, what the hell? Where did you pull those statistics from?? No one I know uses bleaching creams, and I've been in Nigeria all my life. Stop speaking on things you know nothing about
I get so sad when I watch those that know their heritage it’s so beautiful but so hurtful at the same time. Thank you for this and you have a lovely family ❤️
Wowwwwww that was soooo neat! Especially the curls 😍 it turned out beautifully, I love it and these new video experiences you’re bringing us! *also, Grandma’s hair is 🔥🔥😍
I just took mine out. I had it in for around two weeks. If my scalp wasn’t irritated, I would have kept longer. I’m going to do another threading style in August.
i remember a girl in my elementary school had this hairstyle similar to this and i would always be curious but would never ask. everyone would always ask why she had string in her hair. it’s great knowing what this process is called years later!! i love how they twisted each piece to make it curly. knowledge is power 💕 your grandma looks just like youuuu so beautiful 😍 would love to see the takedown
My hair reaches my shoulder blades and one of the things that helped my hair is 'irun kiko' plaiting my hair with rubber. It just sad that most people think its awkward when you go around with such hairstyles
It's so beautiful. I find the traditional African hairstyles so amazing. I wish they worked the same on my hair, but I don't have the same heritage. You have beautiful hair.
