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2. Box braids - Wikipedia

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   Box braids in Ethiopia American singer/actress Brandy Norwood with her signature [1] box braids. Box braids are a type of hair-braiding style that is predominantly popular among African people and the African diaspora. This type of hairstyle is a "protective style" (a style which can be worn for a long period of time to let natural hair grow ...

3. Braid (hairstyle) - Wikipedia

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   Braided hairstyles were widespread among many North American indigenous peoples, with traditions varying greatly from tribe to tribe. For example, among the Quapaw, young girls adorned themselves with spiral braids, while married women wore their hair loose. [27] Among the Lenape, women wore their hair very long and often braided it.

4. Natural hair movement - Wikipedia

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   Braids: Hairstyle where hair is braided with extensions or with natural hair. Box braids: A form of protective styling done through braiding synthetic hair along with real hair. This promotes hair growth and protects hair from breakage and other damaging factors. Braid out: Braids are unraveled. Creamy crack: Chemical relaxers. The term was ...

5. List of hairstyles - Wikipedia

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   See also cornrows, queue, crown braid (below), Dutch braid and pigtail. Cornrows: A hairstyle originating from Sub-Saharan Africa, popularized by African Americans wherein the hair is braided into a series of locks that cling to the head. Dreadlocks

6. Protective hairstyle - Wikipedia

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   Later cultural movements would brings back this sense of culture in wearing these protective hairstyles. The word nappy has been used to reference the "frizzy texture" of African American hair since the 1880s. [10] [11] Braids and cornrows were also used to escape slavery.

7. African-American hair - Wikipedia

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   African-American hair or Black hair refers to hair types, textures, and styles that are linked to African-American culture, often drawing inspiration from African hair culture. It plays a major role in the identity and politics of Black culture in the United States and across the diaspora . [ 1 ]

8. Black women are making mullets their own. Here's why it ... - AOL

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   When Briia Johnson recently came across a video of a Black woman getting her hair cut and styled into a mullet, she felt instantly inspired to start rocking one of her own. "I had a mullet in the ...

9. Cornrows - Wikipedia

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   A similar style is also seen in depictions of the ancient Cushitic people of the Horn of Africa, who appear to be wearing this style of braids as far back as 2000 B.C. [19] In Nubia, the remains of a young girl wearing cornrows has been dated to 550–750 A.D. [20] Cornrows have also been documented in the ancient Nok civilization in Nigeria ...