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c.1890-1906 - More shots of the common freeformed hairstyling amongst Batende-Bapoto-Bangala people in the northern region of Congo Extracts taken from the BMS Archive of G. Grenfell’s expedition

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c.1915 - Young Luba man from Congo with locked hair. Photographed by Emile E.O. Gorlia

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c.1920 - Postcard of a young woman with a braided hairstyle and studded ear piercings in Stanleyville (Kisangani), present day Democratic Republic of Congo. Source - Icharta

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c.1910s- Bisharin girl from southern Egypt. Photographer unknown

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c.1921-1932 - children with dreadlocks in the Gold Coast, present day Ghana - known as a “ Bagyina'Ba”, it is a title held for children who have overcome premature adversity. Photographed by Robert Sutherland Rattray

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1970 - Yoruba woman with arm tattoos and braided hairstyle in Ife, present day Osun State , Nigeria. Photographed by Eliot Elisofon

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c.1907 - Young woman from Sudan Photographer unknown

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c.1879 - Hairstyles amongst Zulu men from South Africa from the RCT archive

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c.1940-1941 - Diverse hairdressing amongst men from Madagascar.

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c.1890 - Two women from Zanzibar, Tanzania with traditional braids. Photographed by A.C. Gomes

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c. Early 20th century - Postcard of a woman getting her hair braided in Nosy-Be , Madagascar.

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Braids = Continental Africans Dreadlocks = Continental Africans Afros = Continental Africans Shaved hair art = Continental Africans Waist Beads = Continental Africans Gold jewellery = Continental Africans Tattoos = Continental Africans Piercings = Continental Africa

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c.1921-1932- Photograhs of native priests with mpesempese (dreadlocks) in Kumasi, present day Ghana Photographed by Robert Sutherland Rattray

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c.1911-1915 - Bamum boy from Foumban with a shaved hairstyle, present day Cameroon. From the Basel missionary archive

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c.1970s - Array of braiding styles amongst Nigerian women. Captured as part of a series on Nigerian hairstyles by the photographer J.D. Ojeikere.

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c.1914 - Man from present day Congo (DRC) with a common local coiffure and jewellery. Photographer unknown

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c.1883-1888 - Ga women with their hair rolled from the Gold Coast, present day Ghana. From the Basel Mission Archive

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c.1956-1957 - Portrait of a woman from Mali. Photographed by Seydou Keita

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c.1907-1913 - Bamum woman with an elegantly shaped afro and native jewellery , present day Cameroon. Photographed by Rudolph Oldenburg

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c. Early C20th - postcard of a woman from Mali Published by Lerat

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1920 - Young native women filmed in present day Djibouti

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c.1935 - Man adorned with extensive gold jewellery and swords at a festival in present day Côte d'Ivoire. Photographed by Vernon McKay

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c.1941-1947- Seated Asante chiefs wearing Abotire, the traditional Akan crown, and kente cloth at a durbar in Kumasi- present day Ghana

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c.1935-1939 - portrait of a young man from Cuando , Angola with a hairstyle combining shaved sides with a comb dressed in his hair. Photographed by Elmano Cunha e Costa

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1936 - young Bara dancer, from present day Madagascar, wearing a plaited hairstyle adorned with pearls. Photographed by Paul Fejos

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1931 - Photograph of an elderly Fulani man from Fouta Djallon, present day Guinea. Photographed by Rudolf Oldenburg

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c.1950s- Yoruba Sango worshipper from Oyo, Nigeria. Photographed by Pierre Verger

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c.1934-1935 - Baoulé man preparing to braid a woman’s hair in present day Côte d'Ivoire. Photographed by Hans Himmelheber

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c.1970s - Young Xhosa man from the former Transkei region of South Africa. From the book ‘African Elegance’ by Jean Broster.

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c.1900-1905 - Hairdressing of a woman from the Gold Coast From The National Archives

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c.1905 - Dogon men from Mali wearing indigo dyed diisa. Photographed by Edmond Fortier

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c.1921-1932 - Group shot of Okomfo priests that attended the Apo ceremony in the Gold Coast, present day Ghana. Photographed by Robert Sutherland Rattray

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1909 - Azande man from Congo wearing a braided hairstyle and crocheted cap. Photographed by Herbert Lang.

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c.1960 - A woman from Freetown , Sierra Leone Photographed by Gerhard Vetter

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c.1922 - portrait of a woman from Luanda , present day Angola. Photographed by Amandus Johnson

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c.1920s-1930s - Footage of an Mgbedike masquerade with a troupe of a young Igbo men, possibly near Onitsha, in present day Nigeria

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c.1890s - Common hairstyle amongst Bapende (Pende, Bondonga) men from the Northern region of Congo. Extracts taken from George Grenfell archives, Baptist Church Missionary Society amongst various other sources.

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1946 - Fulani girls adorned with jewellery, plaited hair and beads in Plateau State, present day Nigeria. Photographed by J L Vitoria

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c.mid 20th century - postcard of the braided hairstyle of a woman from Côte d'Ivoire Postcard created by “mexichrome”

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c.1912 - Braided hairstyle of a Mada-zube (Mada) teenager from Northern Nigeria Photographed by A.J.N. Tremearne

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c.1920-1940 - Bayanzi man from Congo with long braided hair. From the International Missionary Photography Archive

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c.1922 - Shaped hairstyle of a woman from Eswatini From the book “Adventures in Swaziland” by Owen O’Neil

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c.1938-1939- Higher quality , extended shots of the diverse braiding styles amongst a group of Yaka singers in present day DRC. Photographed by Hans Himmelheber

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c.1938-1939 - Diverse braiding styles amongst a troupe of singers from the Yaka tribe in Zaire, present day DRC. Photographed by Hans Himmelheber

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c.1935-1939 - Photograph of a girl from the At-Temariam subgroup of the Tigre ethnic community -present day Eritrea. Herskovits Library of African Studies - Humphrey Winterton Collection of East African Photographs

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c.1900-1910 - Postcard of a woman from Conakry, Guinea Photographed by A.James

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c.1909-1915- Elaborate hairstyles of Igbo women from Awka (Ọka), present day Anambra state, Nigeria. Photographed by Thomas Northcote.

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c.1909-1915 - Esan man from Irrua, present day Edo State Nigeria. Photographed by Thomas Northcote.

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c.1922-1929 - Tidikelt Woman , Algeria Photographed by Henri Lhote

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Why do a lot of people think the “Afro” doesn’t come from Africa?

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c.1933-1939 - “Komfo” child from present day Ghana Photographed by Ernst Ringwald

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c.1880-1939 - Portraits showcasing the common plaited hairstyles and uli body art amongst young Igbo men from present day Nigeria. Photographed by J Stöcker

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c.1909-1915 - Igbo man from Enugu Ukwu with locked hair, present day Nigeria. Photographed by Thomas Northcote

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Late 19thC - Postcard of a Somali guard

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c. Late 19th century - Zulu man with an elaborate hairstyle Photographed by Samuel Baylis Barnard

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c.1937- 1942 -“ Mvewe coiffure”, present day Cameroon. Photographed by Thomas Dalrymple

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1976 - Braided hairstyle of a man from Liberia (possibly Dan). Photographed by Hans Himmelheber

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*THREAD ON THE HISTORY OF LOCKED HAIR AMONGST AFRICAN CULTURES * Top row ( 🇬🇭- 🇰🇪) Bottom row ( 🇨🇩-🇳🇬)

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He cut his locks and his mum’s reaction is everything 😂😂

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c.1914 - Banama man from an area near the Benue river, present day Nigeria, wearing a plaited hairstyle with a beaded necklace and earrings. Photographed by Cecil Hayward

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c.1911-1915 - Pombure, the granddaughter of a Bamum king - photographed in Foumban, present day Cameroon. Photographed by Anna Wuhrmann

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1912 - Bafoma (Boma?) men from Congo. Photographed by Frederick Starr - from the book “Congo Natves” .

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1933 - Liberian boy helping braid a woman’s hair. Photographed by Hans Himmelheber.

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c.1909-1915 - “akụkụ isi” (side screws) hairstyle amongst young Igbo men from Ọka, present day Anambra state, Nigeria

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c.1938-1939 - Diverse braiding styles amongst a troupe of singers from the Yaka tribe in Zaire, present day DRC. Photographed by Hans Himmelheber

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c.1900-1939 - Chief Kalare in “Costermansville”, present day Bukavu, Democratic republic of Congo (Photographer unknown)

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c.1910-1920 - Swahili woman wearing patterned Kangas and braiding hair in Kenya. From the National Archives

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c.1890-1906 - Side profile of a man from Yalemba - near Basoko and Yangambi, Northern Congo (DRC). Taken from extracts of G. Grenfell’s expedition

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1972 - Yoruba Osun priest with the “Agogo” hairstyle - Osogbo, Nigeria. Photographed by Babatunde Lawal

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c.1936 - Girl with a braided hairstyle and jewellery in Kumba, present day Cameroon. Photographed by H. Wildi

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Diamonds = Continental Africans Ivory = Continental Africans Our textiles >>>> Our headwraps >>>> 🌍

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c.1909-1915 - Igbo man with long dressed hair from Awka (Ocha), present day Anambra state, Nigeria. Photographed by Thomas Northcote

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1939 - Various shaped hairstyles amongst young Pende men and women, from present day Democratic Republic of Congo. Photographed by Hans Himmelheber

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c.1921-1932 - Half profile portrait of Kofi Kwema, an okomfo priest, taken in Ghana. Photographed by Robert Sutherland Rattray.

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1944 - Woman and young girl with the popular braided hairstyles of the Tigre people in Adua Market, Ethiopia. Photographed by David Roden Buxton

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c.1895-1914- Group of elders and youths ( possibly Bapende/ Pende ethnicity) in Northern Congo Photographed by Kenred Smith

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1953- Woman from Cameroon headwrap style Photographed by Hector Acebes

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c.1958- 1. Nana Kwabena Ankemako, High-priest of Ntoa at Seseman-Nkoranza 2- Okomfo Priests From the book -“The Akan of Ghana, their ancient beliefs” by Meyerowitz, Eva L. R.

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1890 - man from Senegal region Photographed by Henri Brosselard-Faidherbe

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🇹🇩 Chad - 1949/1951- Young woman from Zigey, Chad Photographed by Gerard Becquet

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c.1890- man from Yalemba, Northern Congo From the book “George Grenfell and the Congo” - 1910

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1906 - Susu woman from Eastern Sierra Leone From the book “Liberia: Vol 2” - by Harry Johnston

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Late 19th century- Pende man from Northern Congo Sourced from Baptist Church Missionary Society Archive - (Higher quality extract from previous thread)

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The “Mau Mau” warriors of Kenya were known to have worn long dreadlocks. This striking feature gained them notoriety across the world and inspired further anti-colonial uprisings.

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🇳🇬 - 16th/17th century- Benin bronze depicting a man with dreadlocks - known to the Edo people of southern Nigeria as Agbihiagha/ ihiagha. Oba Akengboi (the 23rd Oba), who ruled the ancient kingdom of Benin between 1669AD-1675AD, was said to have worn the style.

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c.1909-1915- Elders from Ewu- present day Edo State - Nigeria Photographed by Thomas Northcote

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1958 - Toubou dancer from the Tibesti region of Northern Chad, adorned with jewellery. Postcard by Bourdelon

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In the Wolof language, locked hair is known as Ndiagne. The Baye fall sect of the Mouride brotherhood or Yoonu murit, founded in 1883, are known to to wear dreadlocks in reverence of the disciple of Amadou Bamba - Ibrahima fall

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c.1921-1932 - Asante “priest who attended the apo ceremony” Photographed by Robert Sutherland Rattray

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c.1909-1910 - Urhobo Man from Jesse Town- present day Delta state, Nigeria 🇳🇬 Photographed by Thomas Northcote

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Late 17th century - “Bronze plaque said to represent Oba Akengboi in battle dress” Extract from the book “Two thousand years, Nigerian art” by Ekpo Eyo - 1977