#1 #2 #3 #4 #5 @ #1… um… so does this mean that mo-hawks originated with african people? in any case, i want to know a. if that’s thread, or if it’s her hair and b. if it is her hair, how she got it to stand up so straight
Actually, for the first picture, they do a medium size cornrow at the very center of the hair, then sew a roll of velvet on top of the braid, and then cornrow again on top of the velvet so that the fabric cannot be seen from the outside. This is I think the modern way to do it, tthis one may have been done differently.
The #5 women are Touareg women from upper Chad and Niger. They don’t really look like that lol!! They paint the upper part of their faces with a yellow substance and it stains the upper half of their face lighter than the lower half. Then they dot on lalle (you guys call it Henna) on their noses, foreheads and hands. That’s why their hands look black and reddish. I assure they’re black women, it’s just that the different makeup traditions all over the continent make Africans look VERY different from one end to another.
ALSO their hair often looks straighter because they plait it from the middle of their heads to the edges on all sides in a special type of flat braid. So when you look at it it looks like braided straight hair, but it’s not. I’ve never heard of a Touareg women who relaxed her hair.
@ monet… you know i was wondering the same thing… sugabelly, if you’re out there, please elaborate 🙂 the women almost look like they could be indian…
Since we are being all African this week, here’s some info on style number 4. Masai women do not traditionally have long hair, only the men do (and usually just the warriors(Moran)). All the men aim to be warriors, but you have to attain a certain age, be circumsised and in the past allegedly kill a lion armed with your spear alone.
That pic could have been taken 20 years ago or 2 days ago because we still have traditional living Masai in Kenya/Tanzania.
The women keep their heads bald just incase you are wondering.
The mohawk IS her hair, and yes, they DID originate in Africa. If you look closely at the picture you can see parts of the mohawk look funny (look along the curvy) those parts of it are the hair pins (They’re not really hair pins and I don’t know what they are called so I’ll just say hair pins) that are put inside the mohawk and the hair is wrapped OVER them so kinda like pillars put at strategic locations to support a building, they support the mohawk or ‘frohawk all along the curve.
With the Igbo versions, the supports are on the INSIDE, but with the Sudanese versions (e.g. Janelle Monae’s ) the hair is rolled to form the mohawk and pinned in place with pins that go underneath.
I don’t know if this is precisely how Ms.Monae does hers, but I know that’s how the Sudanese one is done, and hers looks awfully similar to the Sudanese and Niger women I’ve seen.
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Actually, for the first picture, they do a medium size cornrow at the very center of the hair, then sew a roll of velvet on top of the braid, and then cornrow again on top of the velvet so that the fabric cannot be seen from the outside. This is I think the modern way to do it, tthis one may have been done differently.
The #5 women are Touareg women from upper Chad and Niger. They don’t really look like that lol!! They paint the upper part of their faces with a yellow substance and it stains the upper half of their face lighter than the lower half. Then they dot on lalle (you guys call it Henna) on their noses, foreheads and hands. That’s why their hands look black and reddish. I assure they’re black women, it’s just that the different makeup traditions all over the continent make Africans look VERY different from one end to another.
ALSO their hair often looks straighter because they plait it from the middle of their heads to the edges on all sides in a special type of flat braid. So when you look at it it looks like braided straight hair, but it’s not. I’ve never heard of a Touareg women who relaxed her hair.
#5 looks like Fulani or Touareg women, IMO.
@ monet… you know i was wondering the same thing… sugabelly, if you’re out there, please elaborate 🙂 the women almost look like they could be indian…
Where is #5 from?
I wanna know that too! That’s kinda dope!
@ Jc… that is SO CRAZY how it’s the men with the long hair!! just shows how DIFFERENT attitudes about hair are from culture to culture!!
This is some serious nostalgia for me!!
Since we are being all African this week, here’s some info on style number 4. Masai women do not traditionally have long hair, only the men do (and usually just the warriors(Moran)). All the men aim to be warriors, but you have to attain a certain age, be circumsised and in the past allegedly kill a lion armed with your spear alone.
That pic could have been taken 20 years ago or 2 days ago because we still have traditional living Masai in Kenya/Tanzania.
The women keep their heads bald just incase you are wondering.
The mohawk IS her hair, and yes, they DID originate in Africa. If you look closely at the picture you can see parts of the mohawk look funny (look along the curvy) those parts of it are the hair pins (They’re not really hair pins and I don’t know what they are called so I’ll just say hair pins) that are put inside the mohawk and the hair is wrapped OVER them so kinda like pillars put at strategic locations to support a building, they support the mohawk or ‘frohawk all along the curve.
With the Igbo versions, the supports are on the INSIDE, but with the Sudanese versions (e.g. Janelle Monae’s ) the hair is rolled to form the mohawk and pinned in place with pins that go underneath.
I don’t know if this is precisely how Ms.Monae does hers, but I know that’s how the Sudanese one is done, and hers looks awfully similar to the Sudanese and Niger women I’ve seen.
@afrohippie23… it would be so dope if that was the case!
I’m really diggin’ #1 and #4 and #2 is too dang cute too! My thoughts exactly on the mohawk origination. It’d be interesting to find out.