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The Afro is NOT for Everyone- Here's Why‼️| The Afro through Millennia| The History of Black Hair
The Afro has a luxurious cultural and aesthetic history. Often times seen as divine, afro textured hair need not do much to achieve this style- infact, it is literally it's embodiment.
The history of this style spans through continents and cultures but in this video we will focus on the wearing of locs among African people within Africa and the diaspora.
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Check out the History of Locs here:
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Addional Reading Resouces:
Natural Hair- The History before the movement
www.kikacurls.com/blogs/kikas...
Fijian or Afro: The comb makes sense
www.nytimes.com/1970/05/30/ar...
All power to the fro
blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2013/12/0...
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@MelaninArchives
@MelaninArchives 11 месяцев назад
Thank you so much for watching. If you enjoyed this video you will also enjoy this video on The African Hair Growth Secret ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ZFXLtizuO0s.html
@lakeisharobinson2132
@lakeisharobinson2132 11 месяцев назад
Thank you for sharing this! My 12 yo son & I are wearing our natural, curly afro as I am typing this! ✌&❤ Fron NYC
@kapo6124
@kapo6124 11 месяцев назад
The last thing I remember about Whatthey would do with a person of Afro decent it use the hair to test real gold. As they would put the hair on or very close to the gold and it would stick to the gold. THE GREATEST RACE AFRO WE JUST NEED TO GET BACK ON TRACK ,UNITE AND LOVE OURSELVES ❤️.
@Rue100
@Rue100 11 месяцев назад
BLACK PEOPLE ARE THE ONLY RACE OF PEOPLE WHO'S HAIR DEFIES GRAVITY AND ITS GORGEOUS
@michellepalmer924
@michellepalmer924 11 месяцев назад
It represents our spirit nature. We attract the power and energy of Yah!
@chevvonnejohnson8367
@chevvonnejohnson8367 11 месяцев назад
​@@michellepalmer924 Interesting is there a bible reference to this sister?
@adonijahmorningstar493
@adonijahmorningstar493 11 месяцев назад
Actually, that's not true at all, I guess you've met a Lebanese huh?
@adonijahmorningstar493
@adonijahmorningstar493 11 месяцев назад
@@michellepalmer924 No, we don't! Yah is not some kind of voodoo charm, *"he causes to become,"* and those doing his will, received his spirit. Also, the only spirit in our *souls
@beverleyreid7572
@beverleyreid7572 11 месяцев назад
Most don't know it though.
@sondramyles1120
@sondramyles1120 11 месяцев назад
I LOVE wearing my Afro when it’s not braided. I feel it makes me unique and beautiful in my own right. I don’t care if others don’t like it. The ones that do will compliment me.
@MelaninArchives
@MelaninArchives 11 месяцев назад
And I'm sure it looks amazing ❤️❤️
@sondramyles1120
@sondramyles1120 11 месяцев назад
@@MelaninArchives Thank you!
@demauriusgibbs3701
@demauriusgibbs3701 11 месяцев назад
Use to feel good ngl I got locks now gonna miss it Fasho
@hsand8178
@hsand8178 11 месяцев назад
As. A. Black. Women. I. Applaud. My. Black. Brothers. For. Not. Being. Ashamed. Of. Their. Natural. Hair. Although. When. It. Comes. To. Some. Black. Women. We. Want. To. Put. Hair. That. Is. Cursed. Hair. From. The. Dead. On. Our. God. Given. Beauty. My. Black. Brothers. Have. Set. A. Trend. All. Over. The. World. By. Others. Trying. To. Imitate. The. Look. Of. The. Natural. Hairstyle. Now. It's. The. Full. Beard. Look. Keep. On. Setting. Trends. My. Black. Brothers. It's. God. Given. All. Praises. To. The. Most. High
@rosejames5172
@rosejames5172 11 месяцев назад
​@@hsand8178yet your black brothers are not dating and marry women with afros.
@prodigalflower1178
@prodigalflower1178 Год назад
It's too bad we are stuck on wigs, weaves, flat irons and perms! I JUST started wearing my beautiful GOD GIVEN hair!
@useridgaf979
@useridgaf979 Год назад
I love that for you ❤
@YOUR-WORD-IS-YOUR-BOND
@YOUR-WORD-IS-YOUR-BOND 11 месяцев назад
You need to know that this plant is lying! !do your paperwork on your genealogy... Asians are trying to replace us. The original indigenous people of the Americas...
@evelynwalton3343
@evelynwalton3343 11 месяцев назад
Great job I've been natural one year now 💪🏽 but I do have in box braids now 😂
@jafricaboundq6962
@jafricaboundq6962 11 месяцев назад
I've been wearing my natural hair since 2014 it's so powerful ❤
@JaneSmith-nn4bk
@JaneSmith-nn4bk 11 месяцев назад
Amen ❤️
@shanchan8247
@shanchan8247 Год назад
Wow, I'm a black American and I always wondered where older people got the idea of not letting just anybody touch/style our hair. My mother always warned me to be careful because someone touching my head could pass a negative spirit to me. I think younger ladies should be wary going to all these new 'stylists ', no telling what you'll pick up and take home with you!
@lynnwoodcarter3486
@lynnwoodcarter3486 Год назад
Facts good ur aware of that they hate on afro Americans with good beautiful hair
@gillbenjamin47
@gillbenjamin47 11 месяцев назад
My dad always made us aware of this. He'd have gone mad if we had let anyone touch our heads. I have taken this on as an adult.
@freetruth123
@freetruth123 11 месяцев назад
Yes!
@sweetee3886
@sweetee3886 11 месяцев назад
Amen Sis...I do my own beautiful natural hair.
@main2333
@main2333 11 месяцев назад
Do not believe in superstition. God protects us when we pray, meditate and call out his name! Be close to him. Evil will grow further away!
@irenedontoh9692
@irenedontoh9692 11 месяцев назад
I'm so proud that in 2008/2009, I took the strong decision to cut off my relaxed hair and go natural /afro, and I haven't looked back since. People told me that, I was making a mistake by cutting off my long relaxed hair, but years on, people now wish that they have an afro, just like mine. Afro forever. Afro is beautiful.
@kybeastmode
@kybeastmode 11 месяцев назад
afro is the first style. its the power style. the most powerful style in the blk race of styles. because it takes a lot of confidence to rock it.
@youjustgotburned3980
@youjustgotburned3980 11 месяцев назад
That's the problem, you relax your hair thinking you're slick until you realize that once you go relaxed you can't go back!😂
@JEAGERlST
@JEAGERlST 11 месяцев назад
Can you wear a headset or a cap? Genuinely curious.
@jartisteobscure3992
@jartisteobscure3992 11 месяцев назад
​@@JEAGERlSTyes!... it's extremely malleable so you can afterwards fluff the compressed parts back out via hair pick or even your fingers... But with hair so fun and fluffy when I wear mine in it's large afro state I typically prefer to use other types of earbuds that don't interfere and skip the cap opting for wide brim visors instead and putting my hair in 2 large afro puffs... There are many fun options✌🏾☺️🌻
@taylorwilliams4131
@taylorwilliams4131 10 месяцев назад
So is dreadlocks 😅
@yknight4240
@yknight4240 10 месяцев назад
Afro's are our earthy halo. God gave us coils because our ancestor's was born in a hot region the coils are curly so the sun would not drive us crazy by beating on our scalp, the coils break the sun down. Afro's are bad ASF! Just beautiful.
@MelaninArchives
@MelaninArchives 8 месяцев назад
‼️‼️ I love that. Our earthly halo❤️
@theodorajackson6233
@theodorajackson6233 Год назад
As a black woman who has rocked puffy hair I've had people look at me funny and judge me based me on my hair type and the way I look I come from a long line of family who had afros in the 60s and 70s and now in 2022 I'm the only girl in my family that gets judged by how I look
@MelaninArchives
@MelaninArchives Год назад
O wow. Thank you for sharing. I'm sorry that the way you were genetically designed is sometimes judged under certain lens. Continue allowing your beauty to shine. I'm sure that you being resilient and confident will influence somebody down the line of your lineage as did your ansestors before you❤
@lynnwoodcarter3486
@lynnwoodcarter3486 Год назад
That's not right wat are u afro American?🤔
@LibraryOfTheOligarchs
@LibraryOfTheOligarchs Год назад
they arent judging you.. they are judging themselves for loving yourself for the way God made you vs ..... wanting to be other than what is natural
@cherylparker9963
@cherylparker9963 11 месяцев назад
Jealously......
@warpnin3
@warpnin3 11 месяцев назад
Why do you say they are "judging" you?
@dnitagill7
@dnitagill7 Год назад
In the early seventies my eldest brother return home from the Navy washed and dried my thick black locks and patiently took time to pick and shape my hair into a huge Afo it was so big and round when he held the mirror up for me to view my new do I wasn't sure what to think at the time after that hairstyling event we went to visit our grandma and she was in shock ...wondering what happened to my hair my bro told her it's a new black power hair do Granny ! the look on her face was a mix of emotions💜 from that day forward I have sported an Afro through out my lifetime, as a Black Female with Feminist views I embrace the Afrocentric hairstyle whole heartedly in memory of my brother an Artist and Activist in his own right🙏💜🙏 The Afo has been a symbol of pride and Black Power for years🙏👁️❤️👁️🙏
@NovemberReigne
@NovemberReigne 11 месяцев назад
✊🏾❤️
@chasc6334
@chasc6334 11 месяцев назад
Beautiful story❤
@thenoblepoptart
@thenoblepoptart 10 месяцев назад
Your grandmother maybe was hesitant because of the unorthodox hairstyle, but she probably couldn’t deny it looked awesome lol
@dnitagill7
@dnitagill7 10 месяцев назад
@@thenoblepoptart To this day I still think of the reaction granny T had to my afro oh so long ago !:) 👀 🙏💜 🙏🏾 👀
@veteranbroad8802
@veteranbroad8802 11 месяцев назад
I had an afro in the 70s in high school, and I had a LOT OF HAIR!! It was very easy to maintain
@ceedee2666
@ceedee2666 11 месяцев назад
Me too, late 70s to early 80s. You know what, we all took pride in taking care of our afro (well kept, clean and neat). Miss those days. I have one faded picture saved in my school uniform with my midsize afro. Miss the simple times.
@jazzya7383
@jazzya7383 11 месяцев назад
I would like advice please. I’m natural. What did you do on wash day?
@veteranbroad8802
@veteranbroad8802 11 месяцев назад
It was Herbal essence shampoo- wash-rinse-repeat... braided it..herbal oil Sheen spray
@veteranbroad8802
@veteranbroad8802 11 месяцев назад
@jazzya7383
@ruthfrank8106
@ruthfrank8106 11 месяцев назад
I bet you had to carry that afro pick everywhere you went though 😅
@kellykade
@kellykade 11 месяцев назад
Growing up, my mom only let me wear an Afro. She never did anything else to my hair until of course I was over the age of 18. I felt self conscious of course cause these kids didn’t understand. But my mother did!
@kybeastmode
@kybeastmode 11 месяцев назад
thats why its important to have your thoughts ready to educate others. so youll be confident to face everyone. an afro is a power statement. its a style that came from your history of ancestors and you like it and want to rock it. so let others know its apart of your heritage and history. they can go find out more from the library if they wanna know more hahaha.
@bessiebrown9558
@bessiebrown9558 11 месяцев назад
I am wearing an Afro now at 77 yrs. young 😊
@MelaninArchives
@MelaninArchives 11 месяцев назад
❤️❤️❤️ I aspire ❤️❤️❤️
@robertaclemmons7999
@robertaclemmons7999 Месяц назад
Wowwww. Love it!!
@sparkle3000
@sparkle3000 10 месяцев назад
When I wear my Afro, certain people get scared. Why is that? I love my hair. When I flat iron it, it's a whole different energy.
@michela9279
@michela9279 11 месяцев назад
I felt so free after going natural and I did it after my high-school graduation and 3 years later my hair is so big omg I like to wear my fro out and I get a lot of compliments but the people in my family asked if I was going through something or if I need money to get my hair done 😂😂 but I don't care I love taking care of my hair and watching it grow healthier.
@MelaninArchives
@MelaninArchives 11 месяцев назад
Amazing. Thank you so much for sharing 😊
@tonymutisya1374
@tonymutisya1374 Год назад
Thank you for encouraging a young black boy like me who is trying to grow out he's cornrows... Much love from the motherland kenya🇰🇪
@MelaninArchives
@MelaninArchives Год назад
That's amazing You're most welcome ❤ Keep doing your thing. I hope that you'll be satisfied with the outcome😊
@user-ub6vv3or4e
@user-ub6vv3or4e Год назад
How are the cornrows going?
@imdinma9826
@imdinma9826 11 месяцев назад
I love my African hair (Nigeria 🇳🇬) and cant wait for the day others feel same about their hair. ❤❤❤❤
@jblank1862
@jblank1862 Год назад
My grandmother burned all the hair left in her comb in the sink. She would open the window over the sink and allow it to waft out into the sky. We of The Diaspora are connected. I wear my afro like the crown that it is! Fantastic video. Thank you.
@MelaninArchives
@MelaninArchives 11 месяцев назад
O wow. Thank you for sharing. We are indeed all connected.
@kathismith2865
@kathismith2865 11 месяцев назад
Preeeeach 💯‼️
@jblank1862
@jblank1862 11 месяцев назад
@@MelaninArchives You're welcome. Thank you for providing the space!
@Ichinen220
@Ichinen220 11 месяцев назад
That’s what I was told to do as well my family is Gullah Geechee
@jblank1862
@jblank1862 11 месяцев назад
@@Ichinen220 Interesting. Connected.
@gwendolynestrada3017
@gwendolynestrada3017 11 месяцев назад
American blacks named it afro, but it is just the natural way our hair grows out of our scalp, very simple.
@QueenLucifer777
@QueenLucifer777 11 месяцев назад
The connection between our hair and the creator is powerful.
@loritabrown3230
@loritabrown3230 Год назад
The last time I wore a fro... I got so much positive attention especially from the Brothas. ❤
@BLESSFUL-Bliss
@BLESSFUL-Bliss 11 месяцев назад
_Always._ 😌
@elizabethasikpo2847
@elizabethasikpo2847 11 месяцев назад
Same here...I was struggling for years to let go of the wigs. So one day I said phuck it....I'm going all natural. I tested my confidence in public by going to Walmart. As soon as I walked up to the entrance a young man (about 16-18 yes old) who was pushibg in the shopping carts said; "Ma'am your hair is beautiful." Guurrrrl, I felt like a little girl that day. I was skinning and grinning 😅 walking around walmart smiling...showing all my teeth. I NEVER looked back to wigs.
@FiftyPlus62
@FiftyPlus62 Год назад
I had an Afro, but now I have locks and love them.
@MelaninArchives
@MelaninArchives Год назад
That's amazing. Thank you for sharing. I'm thinking about interlocking sometime in the future😊
@katkorner72
@katkorner72 Год назад
Same here Queen!
@dontaskmewhy1799
@dontaskmewhy1799 Год назад
Same!
@tokseko
@tokseko 11 месяцев назад
Same and have had mines for for 14yrs. Will never cut my locs.
@GaryTisdaleFungkSta1
@GaryTisdaleFungkSta1 11 месяцев назад
Afros were worn by the indigenous Blacks in the Americas like the Chippewa etc... and lots of eumelanated Indians in South America and the Caribbean, we have a history in the Americas before Columbus
@no-mess46
@no-mess46 11 месяцев назад
@falanajerido875
@falanajerido875 11 месяцев назад
Afro represent power, intelligent, freedom, self worth, and love yourself and you boldly speaks and stand within power
@mauricesantinomf
@mauricesantinomf 10 месяцев назад
Everytime i wear a fro i get so much attention from brothas and sistas one time a black lady was trying by she honked the horn just to tell me she was glad seeing someone embracing they're natural hair another time i was walking down the street a brotha with locs complement my fro i never felt so free whenever grow out my fro
@everythingkaye
@everythingkaye 8 месяцев назад
I was walking out the store last week and I heard...I love your Afro!!! I looked back and said thank you! Then we did thumbs up through the window ❤😊
@mauricesantinomf
@mauricesantinomf 5 месяцев назад
​@@everythingkayeoh my God! the same thing happend to me
@K1MM31_J0HNS0N
@K1MM31_J0HNS0N 11 месяцев назад
Also, Afros large surface tend to disrupt the effects of the sun's UV rays from overheating the brain whiles trapping pockets of air and moisture that promote cooling.
@nikk5002
@nikk5002 Год назад
This is the only style I like to wear for my hair. It feels regal to me
@msb562
@msb562 11 месяцев назад
A afro is the spiritual crown of the Melanated people The afro is a natural halo A natural antenna When spiritually connected to the Divinely Most High.😉💯
@EmpressAshe
@EmpressAshe 11 месяцев назад
Just wearing your hair natural does this, Ras aka Locs as well
@msb562
@msb562 11 месяцев назад
@@EmpressAshe correct !!
@Yahweh5995
@Yahweh5995 7 месяцев назад
Christ Jesus is King
@TheMaru666
@TheMaru666 11 месяцев назад
I love how afros look .They are like a crown of fluffiness.
@susanneedham2836
@susanneedham2836 11 месяцев назад
Am rocking a salt and pepper AFRO. it shines in the sun with shea butter.
@MelaninArchives
@MelaninArchives 11 месяцев назад
That's what's up!!
@debbiemarquis3231
@debbiemarquis3231 2 года назад
Growing up in the Caribbean..what she said is true..I still is very careful of who dress my hair..
@MelaninArchives
@MelaninArchives 2 года назад
Which Caribbean country do you hail from?
@debbiemarquis3231
@debbiemarquis3231 2 года назад
@@MelaninArchives ..Trinidad and Tobago..🇹🇹
@blue_moon6490
@blue_moon6490 11 месяцев назад
I am sorry that the black population has never had their hair celebrated. I think black hair is beautiful hair! It is so soft and the curls are fabulous!! I pray each of you have the pride and courage to wear the crown God gave you! ✨💖✨🙏🕊
@gmcmim1
@gmcmim1 11 месяцев назад
As a melanated being I must say the wooden combs are everything. Love them. They distribute the natural oils, sebum, from the scalp onto the hair strands and detangle very easily without snagging the hair. Check into them people. The wooden brushes as well. Hair be so shiny and luscious after. Be looking very graceful and glorious after. Great video.
@essienbaruti1388
@essienbaruti1388 Год назад
Not gonna lie... it's a little funny seeing old African tribes with perfect Jackson 5 hair. love the video. very informative
@amourdoctrina9435
@amourdoctrina9435 11 месяцев назад
My hair journey; 60s Plats, 70s Hot COMB, 80s perms, 90s fancy braided styles, 2000s the BIG CHOP for War. Having been freed up from chemicals that caused allergies, now to travel the rest of this life with Locs. There is magic in our ability to be fantastically morphed into different national kinship by our hair.🙏
@preedy_toni1255
@preedy_toni1255 11 месяцев назад
In Trinidad a lot of people rather use weave than wear their natural afro, which is really annoying..... i even relaxed my hair once, now I'm back to my natural hair and I'm loving it.
@foreign_blasin9578
@foreign_blasin9578 11 месяцев назад
Trinidad and guyana is where most the east indians reside at so their hair texture a lil different
@coleyounger6498
@coleyounger6498 11 месяцев назад
​@@foreign_blasin9578 Can't you read? Clearly stated those with natural Afro hair not Indians.
@foreign_blasin9578
@foreign_blasin9578 11 месяцев назад
@@coleyounger6498 lol what's afro hair suppose to mean tho indians can have afros as well
@coleyounger6498
@coleyounger6498 11 месяцев назад
@@foreign_blasin9578 We're Black 🖤 (Israelites) and that's what matters. The hell with anyone else!
@foreign_blasin9578
@foreign_blasin9578 11 месяцев назад
@@coleyounger6498 LMFAO 🤣🤣 their is no such thing as *black* yall are brown skinned lmfaoo I find it funny everytime yall try to claim that there is no country called black 🖤
@CathyLTate
@CathyLTate 11 месяцев назад
I Love My AFRO 🖤✊🏾 Because I Realized Relaxers Are Poisoning Our Hair & Bodies!!
@KallusGarnet
@KallusGarnet 11 месяцев назад
You notice how everything in Nature is spherical
@spiritualjoy721
@spiritualjoy721 11 месяцев назад
I still remember my mom’s teaching on properly disposing my hair and the belief that someone could use it to work an evil spell on me. I am still particular about who I allow to fix (and even touch) my hair and I am still cautious to properly dispose of my hair. I never realized these were African beliefs. Wow!
@virginiawanjiku5106
@virginiawanjiku5106 11 месяцев назад
They are just beliefs.
@tobby6312
@tobby6312 11 месяцев назад
I agree. When I get my hair done I would take all my hair from the comb and dispose it at home from the stylist.
@rubynorman7750
@rubynorman7750 11 месяцев назад
How did you dispose your hair?
@rubynorman7750
@rubynorman7750 11 месяцев назад
​@@virginiawanjiku510610:13 why do you not believe in the African beliefs about our hair?
@rubynorman7750
@rubynorman7750 11 месяцев назад
​@@tobby6312how did you dispose of your hair?
@diannejackson9186
@diannejackson9186 7 месяцев назад
I love my Afro ..It's Thick It's Curls It's Kinks I love how the Creator Created Me ‼️❤️🙌
@MayWhite-fj9my
@MayWhite-fj9my 11 месяцев назад
I'll be glad when the Afro is back in full swing with every black person wearing one just like in the 50's & 60's.
@Alyisha6
@Alyisha6 11 месяцев назад
The biggest and most important valuable piece of information is that we are made in the image of The Most High and Christ, with woolly Afro hair. That is why there is so much controversy of us as a people wearing our natural hair. Daniel 7:9 KJV Bible 9 I beheld till the thrones were cast down, and the Ancient of days did sit, whose garment was white as snow, and the hair of his head like the pure wool: his throne was like the fiery flame, and his wheels as burning fire. Revelation 1 KJV 13 And in the midst of the seven candlesticks one like unto the Son of man, clothed with a garment down to the foot, and girt about the paps with a golden girdle. 14 His head and his hairs were white like wool, as white as snow; and his eyes were as a flame of fire; 15 And his feet like unto fine brass, as if they burned in a furnace; and his voice as the sound of many waters.
@lnyawilliamsmoorell5061
@lnyawilliamsmoorell5061 11 месяцев назад
All mankind are made in Jehovah God's "image" meaning to reflect His qualities such as love justice wisdom and power. He is a Spirit. Jesus is described in Revelation in symbolic terms of his heavenly glory as the Messianic King and is an immortal spirit. (Gen 1:26; Psalm 83:18; John 4:24;1 Cor 15:24-28;Rev 1;1)
@lnyawilliamsmoorell5061
@lnyawilliamsmoorell5061 11 месяцев назад
Exercise Patience convention program
@MaybeRival
@MaybeRival Год назад
I really love Afros and I’m actually growing one rn
@dorcella8797
@dorcella8797 11 месяцев назад
We were called Afro-American then. I loved it.
@tarikmehmedika2754
@tarikmehmedika2754 11 месяцев назад
I was blown away when few months ago i have discovered how many fantastic amd very beautofull haristyles people in Africa had before colonialism and slavery.
@carm738
@carm738 5 месяцев назад
We wear it with pride God has blessed the Afro Loud Proud and Beautiful
@OrganicAlumination
@OrganicAlumination 11 месяцев назад
I personally love twist, because to me ... They are like afros, but more protected
@Kingofthenet2
@Kingofthenet2 11 месяцев назад
I love mini twists and micro locs, they’re so pretty!
@AnnaYAH5315
@AnnaYAH5315 11 месяцев назад
I went back to being natural since in my 20s. Close to 30 years! I love my natural hair!
@yosenpaitommy213
@yosenpaitommy213 11 месяцев назад
More men and women, need to grow out their hair honestly. I feel bad for today’s generation in America, who are filled with insecurities, body dysmorphia, and personality disorders all because they lack identity.
@kellyjones5496
@kellyjones5496 11 месяцев назад
Thanks for that , while in catholic school in the 60s were encouraged to wear our hair naturally or a fro by black instructors . A lot of parents started out resisting the change but came around later but it finally took and we were never harassed while wearing a fro it was embraced by the school.
@chrissgchriss
@chrissgchriss 11 месяцев назад
I used to straighten my hair every two weeks. Until I realized no matter what I did, the predominant society I am in ( United States ) was not going to accept me. I now sport a grand afro!!! I feel better. Save lots of money. And guess what! Still not accepted - but I don’t care. I am still skilled at my profession and am still working. LOL!!! I think I will pick it out bigger tomorrow.
@NaeNae1996
@NaeNae1996 10 месяцев назад
💗💗💗💗💗💗🙌🏾✨️
@Flowerchild_1976
@Flowerchild_1976 11 месяцев назад
I wear my Afro loud and proud, with the class and dignity of who I am, and, my divine creation. ❤🔥
@beholdpure9083
@beholdpure9083 11 месяцев назад
Natural beauty am black and am proud
@pitchedblack3138
@pitchedblack3138 11 месяцев назад
I love this! This is what I call pulling us back together... All Africans and the diaspora are adding back our culture and history so we can see how each of our versions came to be... Please keep it coming so we can continue to find our center as one...❤❤❤❤
@tonimarie9985
@tonimarie9985 10 месяцев назад
Never trust anyone with grooming your hair. Prayers always before and after your hair is done.
@blacklyfe5543
@blacklyfe5543 Год назад
I love my hair we have so many hairstyles
@TheendofBabylon
@TheendofBabylon Год назад
Our beautiful culture. Growing up I only wore my Afro, now I’m locd. Thank you for educating us. New subbie.
@MelaninArchives
@MelaninArchives Год назад
Amazing. Thank you for sharing. I love me some locs❤️
@TheendofBabylon
@TheendofBabylon Год назад
@@MelaninArchives As an Africana Woman’s scholar this video has inspired me and much respect to your research and scholarly citation, big yourself up sister!
@kellykade
@kellykade 11 месяцев назад
Growing up, my mom only let me wear an Afro. She never did anything else to my hair until of course I was over the age of 18.
@mimz1555
@mimz1555 11 месяцев назад
Sadly, I am not black but I am joyously blessed to be a born again follower of Christ, and I received a revelation over two nights, back in 2015, that you are the true Biblical House of Israel, ALL 12 TRIBES. God bless you \o/
@lnyawilliamsmoorell5061
@lnyawilliamsmoorell5061 11 месяцев назад
In fulfillment of Bible prophecy the records of the original 12 tribes of Israel were destroyed by the ancient Roman army in Jerusalem's temple as Jesus prophesied that Jehovah rejected the descendants of Israel for rejecting His Son Jesus as the promised Messiah. (Psalm 83:18; Matt:23:37,38;24:3,15)
@kimwestbrooks9771
@kimwestbrooks9771 11 месяцев назад
For years I burned out my hair. With flat irons & perms. I developed alopecia. In 2007 the white doctors said it would never regrow. In 2022 I began using Chatto products. Chatto is a African. Her products are on Amazon and in whole foods. Her shop is in Chicago. After 1 year my afro is beautiful. I finally apprciate the crown God gave me It took losing it to appreciate it. I dont use any heat all. Im compliment everywhere I go.
@messengerofchristjesus4236
@messengerofchristjesus4236 9 месяцев назад
Love my froooo!!! I get plenty good compliments whenever I wear it out! ❤❤❤❤
@MelaninArchives
@MelaninArchives 8 месяцев назад
I love to hear it!
@messengerofchristjesus4236
@messengerofchristjesus4236 8 месяцев назад
@@MelaninArchives haha they be like long time I haven't seen a natural woman wear her natural hair like that, you have really nice hair, you are a beautiful africian woman, do you model, are you a model 😄😄😄 and much more hahhaha
@D4L_457
@D4L_457 10 месяцев назад
I remember the 70’s when we started wearing the Afro and the straightening comb went in the draw. Soul Train!
@delnikapayne5718
@delnikapayne5718 7 месяцев назад
I wear my Afro and love to see it grow I can't do hair that's my only frustration so I don't wear a lot of styles but I love the stares of ppl when I wear my Afro it just feels powerful and it's my hair that's 🔥🔥🔥🔥to me✊🏾
@GodisLovetoo
@GodisLovetoo 11 месяцев назад
What beautiful, strong, natural crowns!!
@elizabethhart4164
@elizabethhart4164 11 месяцев назад
SAMSONS' STRENGTH!!!!!!!!!
@Othique
@Othique 11 месяцев назад
Beautiful, I keep hoping the 'fro will come back an have a hey-day again. I'm white, and don't have the texture for one, but I absolutely love them. They're like solar crowns. Divine halos. I really appreciate this video. The custom of not letting enemies touch your hair reminds me of a custom I've heard from some Native American Nations' customs. They only let loved ones and very close friends braid/plait their hair, because the love becomes a protection spell. Letting people who aren't close braid you hair, opens you up to having their negativity be essentially "woven in".
@prodigalflower1178
@prodigalflower1178 Год назад
We are truly the height of our beautiful hair..... Now go and measure that! ❤❤
@rashodlewis2918
@rashodlewis2918 Год назад
Afro Hair! ✊🏿🪮
@deniseoates7147
@deniseoates7147 11 месяцев назад
I am just amaze at the end part of the video where the young lady was molding her hair into different shapes. That looked like fun. Oh, I remember coming home from school one day and some older girls had restyled my hair and I got that you never let others play in your hair from my mom, you don't know their intentions and all your hair could fall out. So, I realized that they had their ways of disposing of hair and fingernail clippings. It like they felt it made you vulnerable if someone else got their hand on it. It was even a thing where we could not even wash our hair on new year eve or day, because you would literally be washing someone out your life.
@AWholeVibe96
@AWholeVibe96 11 месяцев назад
I have locs now but before I was locked, I wore my Afro loud and proud. I miss it so much and I’m seriously considering combing my locs out just so I can have it back. I was VERY particular about who could touch my hair and I still am. My current hairstylist has slowly started to lose her credibility; with the more I learn about her. So, she’ll be next on the chopping block. I do NOT play about my hair because I’ve seen how stress, negativity, unhappiness, and spiritual fatigue can damage my hair. No more of that!
@candypaint9479
@candypaint9479 10 месяцев назад
Definitely feelin my fro 😘 ❤❤❤
@MelaninArchives
@MelaninArchives 8 месяцев назад
💯
@mjo6586
@mjo6586 Год назад
(English is not my first language )It’s beautiful 😍 But when my hair grows it doesn’t grow in Afro 🥲They fall on my shoulders and those of my big sister on her back.We wear our hair every day. People tend to believe that kinky hair only grow grows in Afro shape. And ask us if we have any interbreeding in the family.Yet no and we have 4 C hair. Just because it doesn’t grow in that pretty ball🥲
@mothertwinkles4198
@mothertwinkles4198 11 месяцев назад
My mother could wear a fro, either. She said she wanted one so bad. She wore afro puffs.
@pennydink72
@pennydink72 11 месяцев назад
You could try a wet set with medium rods. It's some work but it'll be worth it.
@hischosen1409
@hischosen1409 11 месяцев назад
My hair is so thick, I love my Afro.....
@maodonimega
@maodonimega 10 месяцев назад
I have never seen such a large collection of beautiful, natural Afros! Thank you!!! Black women...appreciate your hair......no one else can do what we can with it...and it suits our features. Away with straight weaves...please?
@dianenorman3209
@dianenorman3209 11 месяцев назад
My goodness I just love a beautiful afro. There's something just so magical and majestic about them.
@wildflower7925
@wildflower7925 11 месяцев назад
Our beautiful hair, its very bouncy and gets very thirsty for water 💧, stay hydrated. The curls are so tight, that it takes long for moisture to reach the tip of the hair strand.
@MsWildberry1
@MsWildberry1 2 года назад
Excellent documentary. I knew some things about our hair. But this has taught ne so much more. Sharing this absolutely fascinating topic. Just Fantastic.
@MelaninArchives
@MelaninArchives 2 года назад
You're most welcome I'm happy that you learnt something new. I enjoy doing the research and seeing how deep our history gets♥️
@PatriciaPageMosaicArtsCrafts
@PatriciaPageMosaicArtsCrafts 2 года назад
You took the words out of my mouth sis! 💜
@threetruths123
@threetruths123 5 месяцев назад
What did you learn
@Lightbodied
@Lightbodied 11 месяцев назад
I love my Afro ❤. People always stare but I don’t care 🤷🏾‍♀️
@melbamartinez2183
@melbamartinez2183 11 месяцев назад
Yes in the 70s my afro gave me ancestral vibes respect
@reneehenry1135
@reneehenry1135 11 месяцев назад
My Great Grandmother and mother taught me to always burn my shed hair....
@jupiterian5831
@jupiterian5831 11 месяцев назад
Why? What’s the benefit?
@reneehenry1135
@reneehenry1135 11 месяцев назад
They said a bird will use it to build it's nest with and it will give you migranes😆😂
@romamiller478
@romamiller478 11 месяцев назад
I remember rocking my big fro, the only thing I hated was to comb it out after. When I grew up in Trinidad it was the thing😊
@kapo6124
@kapo6124 11 месяцев назад
U have touched on something's that I first heard when I was growing up. I remembered my mom and other elders would say your hair is your beauty and that I do believe. They also preached don't throw your hair in the garbage but to burn it. Because if someone who wants to hurt should some of your hair even a Strawn of it they can hurt you(Voodoo/ witch craft/obeah) also don't dispose of it carelessly causing the birds to get any of it to use to make their nest as that can also hurt you. Also never let anyone up salt in your hair or let anyone who you would consider to have also spoken evil or have evil intent or to speak evil things when handling your hair as that would cause u to lose your hair.
@DH-uw3us
@DH-uw3us 2 года назад
This was great. I'm still learning to love my fro.
@MelaninArchives
@MelaninArchives 2 года назад
Its my hope that in due time it becomes second nature ♥️
@delwendebabette3023
@delwendebabette3023 11 месяцев назад
Our hair defies gravity; imagine what the rest of us can do 👍🏿❤️🌻
@huey6179
@huey6179 Год назад
I love this video I use to straighten my fro I’ve had my fro for a year so far it has grown so much after my chop I take pride in it and this video was very informative!
@MelaninArchives
@MelaninArchives Год назад
Amazing! Thank you for sharing uour story with me! Wishing you a beautiful journey and healthy hair😊
@huey6179
@huey6179 Год назад
@@MelaninArchives thank u 💞
@Theblessedlifewithlala
@Theblessedlifewithlala 11 месяцев назад
Love everything about yourselves ❤ They sure do they know the power of you as well. Embrace your natural self.
@amymhchan1584
@amymhchan1584 11 месяцев назад
I wore my afro for over a decade and used to cut it short into a style ❤ and now I have loc'd my hair for a couple of years 💛(in my adulthood)
@thomasitataylor6450
@thomasitataylor6450 11 месяцев назад
Thank you David for persuading me to wear my Afro. I will always be grateful to you.
@ellendavis5721
@ellendavis5721 11 месяцев назад
OUR BEAUTIFULLY BEAUTIFUL WOOLY HAIR-LOCKS, AFRO'S ARE JUST LIKE OUR HEAVENLY FATHER HAIR (DANIEL CHAP 7, VERSES 9 THRU 14, JEREMIAH CHAP 14, VERSES 1 THRU 2, LAMENTATIONS CHAP 4, VERSES 6 THRU 9, JOB CHAP 30, VERSE 30, EZEKIEL CHAP 44, VERSE 20. WE ARE THE APPLE 🍎 OF GOD EYES. THE TRUE DESCENDENTS OF ABRAHAM ISAAC AND JACOB, ISRAELITES 👑💜
@lnyawilliamsmoorell5061
@lnyawilliamsmoorell5061 11 месяцев назад
No man has ever seen Jehovah the "only true God" who is a Spirit. (Psalm 83:18; Matt 6:9,10; John 1:18;4:24;17:3)
@salh9276
@salh9276 11 месяцев назад
Wow such beautiful afros😍😍…….. when i wear my afro out, i feel so majestic i love it 😂😇❤️
@MelaninArchives
@MelaninArchives 11 месяцев назад
I know that feeling 😊
@stanbai5263
@stanbai5263 11 месяцев назад
I'm kinda jealous of those of you who never had a perm. As a kid, my mom put them in all the time and I hated it because my hair was already pretty AND kinda straight. Sometimes she'd let me wear it natural, I'd let it grow and I loved the way I looked, but she always put her foot down and had it straightened, cut or permed. I chopped all of it off, it was terribly damaged, but after cutting it several times, it's starting to get back to how it was. It looks great and I think with a few more cuts it'll be back to normal. So glad no one can force me to perm it again
@AWholeVibe96
@AWholeVibe96 11 месяцев назад
💯💯💯 Girl! I remember my pedophilic babysitter putting a relaxer in my hair when I was in elementary school and making all my hair fall out. My grandma was PISSED!! Because her and my auntie used to do my hair and it was long and thick. My hair was literally coming off in clumps and it has never grown that long since. I have locs now and they are kinda long but I miss my loose hair so much. I’m thinking about combing out my locs and treating my hair back to its natural health and length.
@bithiahyahbatyayisrael6571
@bithiahyahbatyayisrael6571 9 месяцев назад
LOVE MY FRO! I WAS THE 1ST TO WEAR IT AT MY SCHOOL WAY WAY BACK IN THE DAY! I STILL WEAR IT OFTEN😊
@MelaninArchives
@MelaninArchives 8 месяцев назад
That's awesome! Todah for sharing♥️
@mothertwinkles4198
@mothertwinkles4198 11 месяцев назад
I love the versatility. I was natural for 11 years. I'm now wearing a pixie cut.
@richieg3674
@richieg3674 Год назад
Great presentation of historic information and naturally presented...but of course the only way to produce something so beautiful & natural is to present it naturally!
@MelaninArchives
@MelaninArchives Год назад
📌Straight facts😊❤ You're most welcome
@nikorauca1579
@nikorauca1579 11 месяцев назад
I wish the black beauties would be more natural like this
@princessprincess7708
@princessprincess7708 11 месяцев назад
We are Afro beauties not black. Our colour ranges from darkest brown to lightest brown to Albino
@nikorauca1579
@nikorauca1579 11 месяцев назад
@@princessprincess7708 this is why your single
@princessprincess7708
@princessprincess7708 11 месяцев назад
@@nikorauca1579 you failed kindergarten education . Colour black looks like this⚫⚫⚫⚫⚫⚫
@princessprincess7708
@princessprincess7708 11 месяцев назад
@@nikorauca1579 Says who am single. ? You mean to stereotype only single women speaks more sense, ??
@nikorauca1579
@nikorauca1579 11 месяцев назад
@@princessprincess7708 lol told ya but you know what everyone else thinks YOUR BLACK relax nigga
@DerekWill-qp5ge
@DerekWill-qp5ge 11 месяцев назад
It was for me growing up in the 1970s! I grew mine to look like Tito Jackson! Lol lol 😂
@era2376
@era2376 11 месяцев назад
Afro is very powerfull
@scorpionoir4952
@scorpionoir4952 9 месяцев назад
I wear a huge afro and I can attest to the benefits that one gains from putting themselves on display in their most natural state meaning letting your hair be free in it's natural texture. You will draw attention so you are forced to stand in your glory with pride and disregard the attention. Believe it or not you will get more love than hate because it's just not something people are used to seeing. The irony in that fact is that black people hair is naturally kinky curly and an afro would be how most of our hair would grow but we have been conditioned to assimilate with European standards of beauty so we have been taught that we MUST cut our hair if we are men and women are to relax or press their natural texture out or cover their hair with wigs made from hair textures that do not emulate African hair textures. We have to embrace ourselves the way we are and know that we are beautiful with our natural crowns. We black people truly have good hair because it is hair that defies gravity and grows up toward the sun while most other groups have hair that must be teased with products to achieve the same effect. Their hair is limp and falls down toward the dirt.
@threetruths123
@threetruths123 5 месяцев назад
🫰🏽♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️‼️
@projmgt00820
@projmgt00820 11 месяцев назад
This was beautiful! Thanks for sharing ❤
@lucianaisidore5229
@lucianaisidore5229 11 месяцев назад
LOVE MY AFRO and my BLACK AUTHENTICITY. It's SAD to see that the majority of BLACK men/women don't embrace their BLACK AUTHENTICITY. I'm BLACK and PROUD!!! Thank you Jesus Christ.
@EmpressAshe
@EmpressAshe 11 месяцев назад
Afros make me feel Proud and Happy 😌💗
@seanneeley3741
@seanneeley3741 10 месяцев назад
I love my natural hair. Been wearing it for about 8 years now. It’s so healthy & fluffy now that it’s hard to remember it with a relaxer.
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