This man would wear his hair in a particular braided style, signifying he was ready to die in war.
Who is a Wolof man?
(Wolof are an ethnic group found in Senegal, The Gambia, and Mauritania)
100
The strongest hair on Earth.
What is African hair?
100
Traders immediately did this to the African captives.
What is shave their heads?
100
This person was considered the trustworthiest in society.
Who is the hairdresser?
100
Africans had no use of ______ facial or body hair before colonialism.
What is shaving?
200
Hair was formed to resemble a tiara.
Who are the Kings?
200
Has a tensile strength of 2,000 pounds per square inch.
What is a dreadlock?
200
Hair straightening solutions and _____ _____ burned African American scalps and caused early baldness.
What is flat irons?
200
In Ghana and Senegal, women were not allowed to groom men’s hair and vice versa because of this.
What is social taboo?
200
_________ adopted black hairstyles to exemplify Black Pride after Apartheid.
Who are South African Blacks?
300
This told history, what particular culture and tribe an African was from.
What is the African comb?
300
Can hold a car in mid-air for thirty seconds
What is a dreadlock?
300
African Americans did not have this during slavery.
What is the traditional African comb?
300
______ and _____ hair in Africa was largely unseen.
What is not styled and unkempt hair?
300
Girls in Ghana and Nigeria are required to do this from grade school to high school.
What is wear their head shaved?
400
This was an indicator of an African’s geographic origins.
What is hair?
400
Often, this equals economic opportunity and social advantage.
What is straight hair?
400
In the _____ white-owned companies of hair care began to advertise hair straighteners in African American periodicals.
What is 1830s?
400
In some cultures in Africa, a person’s ______ could be ascertained simply by examining the hair.
What is surname?
400
Nigerians adoration for hair extensions emerged in the mid-1990s after witnessing _________ commonly wear them.
Who are African Americans?
500
In many West African cultures, the ____, ______ and _________ of one’s hair were ways to establish identity, tribal affiliation and social and marital status.
What is style, length and adornment?
500
According to Wendy Cooper, ______ and ______ are two most important physical attributes for racial classification.
What is hair and skin?
500
These became ubiquitous in slave culture.
What are rags?
500
Nigerian housewives who lived in a polygamous society often created hairstyles intended to do this.
What is make their husband’s other wives jealous?
500
In Nigeria, the poorer you are, the more likely you have this.