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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 ❤️.
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.
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!
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.
@@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✌🏾☺️🌻
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.
@@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
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.
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
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❤
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!
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.
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🙏👁️❤️👁️🙏
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.
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...
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.
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.
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.
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...❤❤❤❤
@@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!
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.🙏
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.
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.
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!
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.
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.
@@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 🖤
Excellent documentary. I knew some things about our hair. But this has taught ne so much more. Sharing this absolutely fascinating topic. Just Fantastic.
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! ✨💖✨🙏🕊
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".
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
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.
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!
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.😉💯
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
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.
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)
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!
Loved this educational, historical chronicling of the Afro. I think they are beautiful. Especially enjoyed the lady at the end, she inspired me to be more creative. ⭐️
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.
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.
@@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
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.
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!
I love how the woman at the end shapes her frow how she chose. It was the versatility for me, thank you sis for being beautiful and proud of your beauty. ❤️
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
💯💯💯 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.
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?
What about this piece of History :Facts before Walter Plecker Paper Genocide: Since the beginning of the African slave trade in America many Native persons, unfortunately, to the detriment of Native Heritage, were being listed as Black, Mulatto, Negro or just lumped together as “Colored” which did not allow for a distinction between Indigenous and Africans on paper. With that travesty of race reclassification starting from the first census ever taken in America, Native American Indians were falsely listed on all census records as (Negro), Mustee, Black, Mulatto, or Colored, and sometimes even White. This was an intentional reclassification which was passed down from generation to generation to the present, even presently entered on many Native American Indians vital records as in birth certificates and social security data. We're not AFRICAN!!! Those were Indians in these pictures
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✊🏾
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.
It's a shame. Part of it is social conditioning. A lot of people think they won't be accepted in their natural state by society so they try to fit in. To grow dreads, I had to fight through other people projecting their insecurities on me "telling me i need to cut my hair" to please them. I feel It makes you stronger in the end.
Thank you so much for watching. If you enjoyed this video you will also enjoy this video on The African Hair Growth Secret th-cam.com/video/ZFXLtizuO0s/w-d-xo.html
Thank you for sharing this! My 12 yo son & I are wearing our natural, curly afro as I am typing this! ✌&❤ Fron NYC
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 ❤️.
Beautifully done Queen
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.
And I'm sure it looks amazing ❤️❤️
@@MelaninArchives Thank you!
Use to feel good ngl I got locks now gonna miss it Fasho
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
@@hsand8178yet your black brothers are not dating and marry women with afros.
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!
Facts good ur aware of that they hate on afro Americans with good beautiful hair
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.
Yes!
Amen Sis...I do my own beautiful natural hair.
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!
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.
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.
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!😂
Can you wear a headset or a cap? Genuinely curious.
@@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✌🏾☺️🌻
So is dreadlocks 😅
I had an afro in the 70s in high school, and I had a LOT OF HAIR!! It was very easy to maintain
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.
I would like advice please. I’m natural. What did you do on wash day?
It was Herbal essence shampoo- wash-rinse-repeat... braided it..herbal oil Sheen spray
@jazzya7383
I bet you had to carry that afro pick everywhere you went though 😅
BLACK PEOPLE ARE THE ONLY RACE OF PEOPLE WHO'S HAIR DEFIES GRAVITY AND ITS GORGEOUS
It represents our spirit nature. We attract the power and energy of Yah!
@@michellepalmer924
Interesting is there a bible reference to this sister?
Actually, that's not true at all, I guess you've met a Lebanese huh?
@@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
Most don't know it though.
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.
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I love that. Our earthly halo❤️
If I don’t have sunglasses on me I’ll use my hair to protect me
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
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❤
That's not right wat are u afro American?🤔
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
Jealously......
Why do you say they are "judging" you?
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!
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.
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🇰🇪
That's amazing
You're most welcome ❤
Keep doing your thing. I hope that you'll be satisfied with the outcome😊
How are the cornrows going?
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🙏👁️❤️👁️🙏
✊🏾❤️
Beautiful story❤
Your grandmother maybe was hesitant because of the unorthodox hairstyle, but she probably couldn’t deny it looked awesome lol
@@thenoblepoptart To this day I still think of the reaction granny T had to my afro oh so long ago !:) 👀 🙏💜 🙏🏾 👀
Afro represent power, intelligent, freedom, self worth, and love yourself and you boldly speaks and stand within power
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.
Amazing. Thank you so much for sharing 😊
It's too bad we are stuck on wigs, weaves, flat irons and perms! I JUST started wearing my beautiful GOD GIVEN hair!
I love that for you ❤
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...
Great job I've been natural one year now 💪🏽 but I do have in box braids now 😂
I've been wearing my natural hair since 2014 it's so powerful ❤
Amen ❤️
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.
O wow. Thank you for sharing. We are indeed all connected.
Preeeeach 💯‼️
@@MelaninArchives You're welcome. Thank you for providing the space!
That’s what I was told to do as well my family is Gullah Geechee
@@Ichinen220 Interesting. Connected.
I love how afros look .They are like a crown of fluffiness.
I love my African hair (Nigeria 🇳🇬) and cant wait for the day others feel same about their hair. ❤❤❤❤
The connection between our hair and the creator is powerful.
This is the only style I like to wear for my hair. It feels regal to me
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.
I had an Afro, but now I have locks and love them.
That's amazing. Thank you for sharing. I'm thinking about interlocking sometime in the future😊
Same here Queen!
Same!
Same and have had mines for for 14yrs. Will never cut my locs.
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.
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...❤❤❤❤
I am wearing an Afro now at 77 yrs. young 😊
❤️❤️❤️ I aspire ❤️❤️❤️
Wowwww. Love it!!
Yes
I call it a crown that in the Bible
American blacks named it afro, but it is just the natural way our hair grows out of our scalp, very simple.
Am rocking a salt and pepper AFRO.
it shines in the sun with shea butter.
That's what's up!!
Our beautiful culture. Growing up I only wore my Afro, now I’m locd. Thank you for educating us. New subbie.
Amazing. Thank you for sharing. I love me some locs❤️
@@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!
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.
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.🙏
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.
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.
I went back to being natural since in my 20s. Close to 30 years! I love my natural hair!
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.
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!
They are just beliefs.
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.
How did you dispose your hair?
@@virginiawanjiku510610:13 why do you not believe in the African beliefs about our hair?
@@tobby6312how did you dispose of your hair?
You notice how everything in Nature is spherical
The last time I wore a fro... I got so much positive attention especially from the Brothas. ❤
_Always._ 😌
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.
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.
Trinidad and guyana is where most the east indians reside at so their hair texture a lil different
@@ForeignBlasianLA
Can't you read? Clearly stated those with natural Afro hair not Indians.
@@coleyounger6498 lol what's afro hair suppose to mean tho indians can have afros as well
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We're Black 🖤 (Israelites)
and that's what matters. The hell with anyone else!
@@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 🖤
Growing up in the Caribbean..what she said is true..I still is very careful of who dress my hair..
Which Caribbean country do you hail from?
@@MelaninArchives ..Trinidad and Tobago..🇹🇹
Excellent documentary. I knew some things about our hair. But this has taught ne so much more. Sharing this absolutely fascinating topic. Just Fantastic.
You're most welcome
I'm happy that you learnt something new. I enjoy doing the research and seeing how deep our history gets♥️
You took the words out of my mouth sis! 💜
What did you learn
Thank you David for persuading me to wear my Afro. I will always be grateful to you.
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! ✨💖✨🙏🕊
I personally love twist, because to me ... They are like afros, but more protected
I love mini twists and micro locs, they’re so pretty!
I really love Afros and I’m actually growing one rn
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".
I love my Afro ..It's Thick It's Curls It's Kinks I love how the Creator Created Me ‼️❤️🙌
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
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 ❤😊
@@everythingkayeoh my God! the same thing happend to me
Growing out my afro right now. Great video. 👌🏾
You got this! Keep going strong 💯‼️
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.
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!
Amazing! Thank you for sharing uour story with me! Wishing you a beautiful journey and healthy hair😊
@@MelaninArchives thank u 💞
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.😉💯
Just wearing your hair natural does this,
Ras aka Locs as well
@@EmpressAshe correct !!
Christ Jesus is King
I wear my Afro loud and proud, with the class and dignity of who I am, and, my divine creation. ❤🔥
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
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Natural beauty am black and am proud
Beautiful & informative. I've just begun my afro journey and loving it. Thanks for posting💚
My goodness I just love a beautiful afro. There's something just so magical and majestic about them.
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.
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)
Exercise Patience convention program
I Love My AFRO 🖤✊🏾
Because I Realized Relaxers Are Poisoning Our Hair & Bodies!!
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!
Loved this educational, historical chronicling of the Afro. I think they are beautiful. Especially enjoyed the lady at the end, she inspired me to be more creative. ⭐️
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I'm so happy that inspired you ✨️
What beautiful, strong, natural crowns!!
We wear it with pride God has blessed the Afro Loud Proud and Beautiful
Not gonna lie... it's a little funny seeing old African tribes with perfect Jackson 5 hair. love the video. very informative
An afro is an afro 😂🎉
Love everything about yourselves ❤ They sure do they know the power of you as well. Embrace your natural self.
We were called Afro-American then. I loved it.
This was great. I'm still learning to love my fro.
Its my hope that in due time it becomes second nature ♥️
Love this information. One of the first things that comes across my mind when I see afro is confidence.❤
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.
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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.
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.
I remember the 70’s when we started wearing the Afro and the straightening comb went in the draw. Soul Train!
Love my froooo!!! I get plenty good compliments whenever I wear it out! ❤❤❤❤
I love to hear it!
@@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
LOVE MY FRO! I WAS THE 1ST TO WEAR IT AT MY SCHOOL WAY WAY BACK IN THE DAY! I STILL WEAR IT OFTEN😊
That's awesome! Todah for sharing♥️
Very informative! Thank you for broadening my understanding on this piece of hair history 😊
You're most welcome
I'm happy that you were able to learn something from the video 😊♥️
Right 😂
7/24/2023
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.
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!
📌Straight facts😊❤
You're most welcome
Love Love Love my FRO! I've been rocking it for for some time now. Black beauty at its finest! Yesss!
We are truly the height of our beautiful hair..... Now go and measure that! ❤❤
I love how the woman at the end shapes her frow how she chose. It was the versatility for me, thank you sis for being beautiful and proud of your beauty. ❤️
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
💯💯💯 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.
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?
I love the versatility. I was natural for 11 years. I'm now wearing a pixie cut.
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.
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)
Grateful for the piece of history
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You're most welcome
What about this piece of History :Facts before Walter Plecker Paper Genocide: Since the beginning of the African slave trade in America many Native persons, unfortunately, to the detriment of Native Heritage, were being listed as Black, Mulatto, Negro or just lumped together as “Colored” which did not allow for a distinction between Indigenous and Africans on paper.
With that travesty of race reclassification starting from the first census ever taken in America, Native American Indians were falsely listed on all census records as (Negro), Mustee, Black, Mulatto, or Colored, and sometimes even White.
This was an intentional reclassification which was passed down from generation to generation to the present, even presently entered on many Native American Indians vital records as in birth certificates and social security data.
We're not AFRICAN!!! Those were Indians in these pictures
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😊
Yes in the 70s my afro gave me ancestral vibes respect
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✊🏾
Loved watching! Great info and great video ❤ i never felt freer than when I started wearing my hair just as natural as it grew out of my head 🥰
I love Afros . Thank you sister for this video
You are most welclme😊
Wow such beautiful afros😍😍…….. when i wear my afro out, i feel so majestic i love it 😂😇❤️
I know that feeling 😊
Our hair defies gravity; imagine what the rest of us can do 👍🏿❤️🌻
👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 I truly needed this. God has blessed me ❤
This confirms I'm on the right path and I'm glad ❤
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I love my hair we have so many hairstyles
Definitely feelin my fro 😘 ❤❤❤
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Afros make me feel Proud and Happy 😌💗
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.
It's a shame. Part of it is social conditioning. A lot of people think they won't be accepted in their natural state by society so they try to fit in. To grow dreads, I had to fight through other people projecting their insecurities on me "telling me i need to cut my hair" to please them. I feel It makes you stronger in the end.
Out of all the many hairstyles that I wear, the Afro is my favorite.
This was wonderful, thank you!
You're so welcome!♥️
Excellent video 🙌🏾
LOVE THIS Video BEAUTIFUL ❤ I been wearing my NATURAL HAIR since 2019