With the lushest of language, a young girl getting her hair styled tells an overall history of African hair. Beads. Feathers. Cowries. Threads of gold. Ivory. Charcoal. Pearls. Bantu knots. Cornrows. Goddess Braids. Maps. Seeds. Afros. Clay. Dreadlocks. Woven with the greatest care. Across different African cultures. Everything rich with meaning. - Centuries of meaning! Hair! It’s woven with history. - It is living art—can be adorned with intricate rings, mother of pearl, feathers. - It is identity. - It shapes community. - It can speak to age, wealth, or power. - It provided escape maps for the enslaved to follow when written word was forbidden. Woven with seeds, pearls, gol

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