The Afro is NOT for Everyone- Here's Why‼️| The Afro through Millennia| The History of Black Hair

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  • The Afro is NOT for Everyone- Here's Why‼️| The Afro through Millennia| The History of Black Hair
    The Afro has a luxurious cultural and aesthetic history. Often times seen as divine, afro textured hair need not do much to achieve this style- infact, it is literally it's embodiment.
    The history of this style spans through continents and cultures but in this video we will focus on the wearing of locs among African people within Africa and the diaspora.
    Not yet subsrcibed- click here 👇🏿👇🏿👇🏿 / @melaninarchives
    Check out the History of Locs here:
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    Addional Reading Resouces:
    Natural Hair- The History before the movement
    www.kikacurls.com/blogs/kikas...
    Fijian or Afro: The comb makes sense
    www.nytimes.com/1970/05/30/ar...
    All power to the fro
    blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2013/12/0...
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  • @MelaninArchives
    @MelaninArchives  Рік тому +40

    Thank you so much for watching. If you enjoyed this video you will also enjoy this video on The African Hair Growth Secret ua-cam.com/video/ZFXLtizuO0s/v-deo.html

    • @lakeisharobinson2132
      @lakeisharobinson2132 Рік тому +2

      Thank you for sharing this! My 12 yo son & I are wearing our natural, curly afro as I am typing this! ✌&❤ Fron NYC

    • @kapo6124
      @kapo6124 Рік тому +1

      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 ❤️.

  • @Rue100
    @Rue100 Рік тому +496

    BLACK PEOPLE ARE THE ONLY RACE OF PEOPLE WHO'S HAIR DEFIES GRAVITY AND ITS GORGEOUS

    • @michellepalmer924
      @michellepalmer924 Рік тому +44

      It represents our spirit nature. We attract the power and energy of Yah!

    • @chevvonnejohnson8367
      @chevvonnejohnson8367 Рік тому +11

      ​@@michellepalmer924
      Interesting is there a bible reference to this sister?

    • @adonijahmorningstar493
      @adonijahmorningstar493 Рік тому +9

      Actually, that's not true at all, I guess you've met a Lebanese huh?

    • @adonijahmorningstar493
      @adonijahmorningstar493 Рік тому +8

      @@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

    • @beverleyreid7572
      @beverleyreid7572 Рік тому +2

      Most don't know it though.

  • @sondramyles1120
    @sondramyles1120 Рік тому +587

    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.

    • @MelaninArchives
      @MelaninArchives  Рік тому +30

      And I'm sure it looks amazing ❤️❤️

    • @sondramyles1120
      @sondramyles1120 Рік тому +9

      @@MelaninArchives Thank you!

    • @demauriusgibbs3701
      @demauriusgibbs3701 Рік тому +3

      Use to feel good ngl I got locks now gonna miss it Fasho

    • @hsand8178
      @hsand8178 Рік тому +9

      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

    • @rosejames5172
      @rosejames5172 Рік тому

      ​@@hsand8178yet your black brothers are not dating and marry women with afros.

  • @prodigalflower1178
    @prodigalflower1178 Рік тому +822

    It's too bad we are stuck on wigs, weaves, flat irons and perms! I JUST started wearing my beautiful GOD GIVEN hair!

    • @useridgaf979
      @useridgaf979 Рік тому +31

      I love that for you ❤

    • @YOUR-WORD-IS-YOUR-BOND
      @YOUR-WORD-IS-YOUR-BOND Рік тому

      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...

    • @evelynwalton3343
      @evelynwalton3343 Рік тому +13

      Great job I've been natural one year now 💪🏽 but I do have in box braids now 😂

    • @jafricaboundq6962
      @jafricaboundq6962 Рік тому +24

      I've been wearing my natural hair since 2014 it's so powerful ❤

    • @JaneSmith-nn4bk
      @JaneSmith-nn4bk Рік тому +3

      Amen ❤️

  • @shanchan8247
    @shanchan8247 Рік тому +578

    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!

    • @lynnwoodcarter3486
      @lynnwoodcarter3486 Рік тому +39

      Facts good ur aware of that they hate on afro Americans with good beautiful hair

    • @gillbenjamin47
      @gillbenjamin47 Рік тому +29

      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.

    • @freetruth123
      @freetruth123 Рік тому +5

      Yes!

    • @sweetee3886
      @sweetee3886 Рік тому +17

      Amen Sis...I do my own beautiful natural hair.

    • @main2333
      @main2333 Рік тому +54

      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!

  • @irenedontoh9692
    @irenedontoh9692 Рік тому +176

    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.

    • @kybeastmode
      @kybeastmode Рік тому +5

      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.

    • @youjustgotburned3980
      @youjustgotburned3980 Рік тому +1

      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!😂

    • @JEAGERlST
      @JEAGERlST Рік тому

      Can you wear a headset or a cap? Genuinely curious.

    • @jartisteobscure3992
      @jartisteobscure3992 Рік тому +2

      ​@@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✌🏾☺️🌻

    • @taylorwilliams4131
      @taylorwilliams4131 11 місяців тому

      So is dreadlocks 😅

  • @yknight4240
    @yknight4240 11 місяців тому +14

    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.

    • @MelaninArchives
      @MelaninArchives  9 місяців тому +4

      ‼️‼️
      I love that. Our earthly halo❤️

  • @dnitagill7
    @dnitagill7 Рік тому +159

    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🙏👁️❤️👁️🙏

    • @NovemberReigne
      @NovemberReigne Рік тому +5

      ✊🏾❤️

    • @chasc6334
      @chasc6334 Рік тому +4

      Beautiful story❤

    • @thenoblepoptart
      @thenoblepoptart 11 місяців тому +2

      Your grandmother maybe was hesitant because of the unorthodox hairstyle, but she probably couldn’t deny it looked awesome lol

    • @dnitagill7
      @dnitagill7 11 місяців тому +1

      @@thenoblepoptart To this day I still think of the reaction granny T had to my afro oh so long ago !:) 👀 🙏💜 🙏🏾 👀

  • @theodorajackson6233
    @theodorajackson6233 Рік тому +229

    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

    • @MelaninArchives
      @MelaninArchives  Рік тому +40

      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❤

    • @lynnwoodcarter3486
      @lynnwoodcarter3486 Рік тому +3

      That's not right wat are u afro American?🤔

    • @LibraryOfTheOligarchs
      @LibraryOfTheOligarchs Рік тому +35

      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

    • @cherylp9963
      @cherylp9963 Рік тому +11

      Jealously......

    • @warpnin3
      @warpnin3 Рік тому +6

      Why do you say they are "judging" you?

  • @veteranbroad8802
    @veteranbroad8802 Рік тому +160

    I had an afro in the 70s in high school, and I had a LOT OF HAIR!! It was very easy to maintain

    • @ceedee2666
      @ceedee2666 Рік тому +16

      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.

    • @jazzya7383
      @jazzya7383 Рік тому +2

      I would like advice please. I’m natural. What did you do on wash day?

    • @veteranbroad8802
      @veteranbroad8802 Рік тому +7

      It was Herbal essence shampoo- wash-rinse-repeat... braided it..herbal oil Sheen spray

    • @veteranbroad8802
      @veteranbroad8802 Рік тому +2

      @jazzya7383

    • @ruthfrank8106
      @ruthfrank8106 Рік тому +2

      I bet you had to carry that afro pick everywhere you went though 😅

  • @kellykade
    @kellykade Рік тому +96

    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!

    • @kybeastmode
      @kybeastmode Рік тому +9

      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.

  • @falanajerido875
    @falanajerido875 Рік тому +14

    Afro represent power, intelligent, freedom, self worth, and love yourself and you boldly speaks and stand within power

  • @bessiebrown9558
    @bessiebrown9558 Рік тому +23

    I am wearing an Afro now at 77 yrs. young 😊

  • @diannejackson9186
    @diannejackson9186 8 місяців тому +7

    I love my Afro ..It's Thick It's Curls It's Kinks I love how the Creator Created Me ‼️❤️🙌

  • @gwendolynestrada3017
    @gwendolynestrada3017 Рік тому +15

    American blacks named it afro, but it is just the natural way our hair grows out of our scalp, very simple.

  • @imdinma9826
    @imdinma9826 Рік тому +32

    I love my African hair (Nigeria 🇳🇬) and cant wait for the day others feel same about their hair. ❤❤❤❤

  • @QueenLucifer777
    @QueenLucifer777 Рік тому +34

    The connection between our hair and the creator is powerful.

  • @michela9279
    @michela9279 Рік тому +56

    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.

  • @jblank1862
    @jblank1862 Рік тому +155

    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.

    • @MelaninArchives
      @MelaninArchives  Рік тому +10

      O wow. Thank you for sharing. We are indeed all connected.

    • @kathismith2865
      @kathismith2865 Рік тому +6

      Preeeeach 💯‼️

    • @jblank1862
      @jblank1862 Рік тому +3

      @@MelaninArchives You're welcome. Thank you for providing the space!

    • @Ichinen220
      @Ichinen220 Рік тому +9

      That’s what I was told to do as well my family is Gullah Geechee

    • @jblank1862
      @jblank1862 Рік тому +2

      @@Ichinen220 Interesting. Connected.

  • @tonymutisya1374
    @tonymutisya1374 2 роки тому +98

    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🇰🇪

    • @MelaninArchives
      @MelaninArchives  2 роки тому +14

      That's amazing
      You're most welcome ❤
      Keep doing your thing. I hope that you'll be satisfied with the outcome😊

    • @user-ub6vv3or4e
      @user-ub6vv3or4e Рік тому +3

      How are the cornrows going?

  • @FiftyPlus62
    @FiftyPlus62 Рік тому +57

    I had an Afro, but now I have locks and love them.

    • @MelaninArchives
      @MelaninArchives  Рік тому +5

      That's amazing. Thank you for sharing. I'm thinking about interlocking sometime in the future😊

    • @katkorner72
      @katkorner72 Рік тому +2

      Same here Queen!

    • @dontaskmewhy1799
      @dontaskmewhy1799 Рік тому

      Same!

    • @tokseko
      @tokseko Рік тому

      Same and have had mines for for 14yrs. Will never cut my locs.

  • @nikk5002
    @nikk5002 Рік тому +24

    This is the only style I like to wear for my hair. It feels regal to me

  • @TheMaru666
    @TheMaru666 Рік тому +8

    I love how afros look .They are like a crown of fluffiness.

  • @K1MM31_J0HNS0N
    @K1MM31_J0HNS0N Рік тому +11

    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.

  • @mauricesantinomf
    @mauricesantinomf 11 місяців тому +10

    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

    • @everythingkaye
      @everythingkaye 9 місяців тому +1

      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 ❤😊

    • @mauricesantinomf
      @mauricesantinomf 6 місяців тому

      ​@@everythingkayeoh my God! the same thing happend to me

  • @loritabrown3230
    @loritabrown3230 Рік тому +53

    The last time I wore a fro... I got so much positive attention especially from the Brothas. ❤

    • @BL3SSed-Bliss
      @BL3SSed-Bliss Рік тому +3

      _Always._ 😌

    • @elizabethasikpo2847
      @elizabethasikpo2847 Рік тому +7

      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.

  • @MayWhite-fj9my
    @MayWhite-fj9my Рік тому +6

    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.

  • @sparkle3000
    @sparkle3000 11 місяців тому +6

    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.

  • @GaryTisdaleFungkSta1
    @GaryTisdaleFungkSta1 Рік тому +18

    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

  • @amourdoctrina9435
    @amourdoctrina9435 Рік тому +41

    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.🙏

  • @blue_moon6490
    @blue_moon6490 Рік тому +9

    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! ✨💖✨🙏🕊

  • @CathyLTate
    @CathyLTate Рік тому +16

    I Love My AFRO 🖤✊🏾
    Because I Realized Relaxers Are Poisoning Our Hair & Bodies!!

  • @preedy_toni1255
    @preedy_toni1255 Рік тому +63

    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.

    • @ForeignBlasianLA
      @ForeignBlasianLA Рік тому +2

      Trinidad and guyana is where most the east indians reside at so their hair texture a lil different

    • @coleyounger6498
      @coleyounger6498 Рік тому +6

      ​@@ForeignBlasianLA
      Can't you read? Clearly stated those with natural Afro hair not Indians.

    • @ForeignBlasianLA
      @ForeignBlasianLA Рік тому

      @@coleyounger6498 lol what's afro hair suppose to mean tho indians can have afros as well

    • @coleyounger6498
      @coleyounger6498 Рік тому

      @@ForeignBlasianLA
      We're Black 🖤 (Israelites)
      and that's what matters. The hell with anyone else!

    • @ForeignBlasianLA
      @ForeignBlasianLA Рік тому +2

      @@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 🖤

  • @msb562
    @msb562 Рік тому +43

    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.😉💯

    • @EmpressAshe
      @EmpressAshe Рік тому +4

      Just wearing your hair natural does this,
      Ras aka Locs as well

    • @msb562
      @msb562 Рік тому

      @@EmpressAshe correct !!

    • @Yahweh5995
      @Yahweh5995 8 місяців тому

      Christ Jesus is King

  • @essienbaruti1388
    @essienbaruti1388 Рік тому +21

    Not gonna lie... it's a little funny seeing old African tribes with perfect Jackson 5 hair. love the video. very informative

  • @gmcmim1
    @gmcmim1 Рік тому +32

    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.

  • @susanneedham2836
    @susanneedham2836 Рік тому +17

    Am rocking a salt and pepper AFRO.
    it shines in the sun with shea butter.

  • @debbiemarquis3231
    @debbiemarquis3231 2 роки тому +45

    Growing up in the Caribbean..what she said is true..I still is very careful of who dress my hair..

  • @OrganicAlumination
    @OrganicAlumination Рік тому +8

    I personally love twist, because to me ... They are like afros, but more protected

    • @Kingofthenet2
      @Kingofthenet2 Рік тому

      I love mini twists and micro locs, they’re so pretty!

  • @tarikmehmedika2754
    @tarikmehmedika2754 Рік тому +12

    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.

  • @spiritualjoy721
    @spiritualjoy721 Рік тому +42

    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!

    • @virginiawanjiku5106
      @virginiawanjiku5106 Рік тому +3

      They are just beliefs.

    • @tobby6312
      @tobby6312 Рік тому +2

      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.

    • @rubynorman7750
      @rubynorman7750 Рік тому +1

      How did you dispose your hair?

    • @rubynorman7750
      @rubynorman7750 Рік тому +1

      ​@@virginiawanjiku510610:13 why do you not believe in the African beliefs about our hair?

    • @rubynorman7750
      @rubynorman7750 Рік тому

      ​@@tobby6312how did you dispose of your hair?

  • @AnnaYAH5315
    @AnnaYAH5315 Рік тому +16

    I went back to being natural since in my 20s. Close to 30 years! I love my natural hair!

  • @chrissgchriss
    @chrissgchriss Рік тому +13

    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.

  • @MaybeRival
    @MaybeRival Рік тому +16

    I really love Afros and I’m actually growing one rn

  • @dorcella8797
    @dorcella8797 Рік тому +7

    We were called Afro-American then. I loved it.

  • @Flowerchild_1976
    @Flowerchild_1976 Рік тому +11

    I wear my Afro loud and proud, with the class and dignity of who I am, and, my divine creation. ❤🔥

  • @pitchedblack3138
    @pitchedblack3138 Рік тому +36

    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...❤❤❤❤

  • @Alyisha6
    @Alyisha6 Рік тому +16

    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.

    • @lnyawilliamsmoorell5061
      @lnyawilliamsmoorell5061 Рік тому +1

      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)

    • @lnyawilliamsmoorell5061
      @lnyawilliamsmoorell5061 Рік тому

      Exercise Patience convention program

  • @yosenpaitommy213
    @yosenpaitommy213 Рік тому +6

    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.

  • @kellyjones5496
    @kellyjones5496 Рік тому +26

    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.

  • @KallusGarnet
    @KallusGarnet Рік тому +9

    You notice how everything in Nature is spherical

  • @messengerofchristjesus4236
    @messengerofchristjesus4236 10 місяців тому +7

    Love my froooo!!! I get plenty good compliments whenever I wear it out! ❤❤❤❤

    • @MelaninArchives
      @MelaninArchives  9 місяців тому +2

      I love to hear it!

    • @messengerofchristjesus4236
      @messengerofchristjesus4236 9 місяців тому +2

      @@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

  • @Othique
    @Othique Рік тому +11

    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".

  • @TheendofBabylon
    @TheendofBabylon Рік тому +30

    Our beautiful culture. Growing up I only wore my Afro, now I’m locd. Thank you for educating us. New subbie.

    • @MelaninArchives
      @MelaninArchives  Рік тому +2

      Amazing. Thank you for sharing. I love me some locs❤️

    • @TheendofBabylon
      @TheendofBabylon Рік тому +1

      @@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!

    • @kellykade
      @kellykade Рік тому

      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.

  • @bithiahyahbatyayisrael6571
    @bithiahyahbatyayisrael6571 10 місяців тому +5

    LOVE MY FRO! I WAS THE 1ST TO WEAR IT AT MY SCHOOL WAY WAY BACK IN THE DAY! I STILL WEAR IT OFTEN😊

  • @beholdpure9083
    @beholdpure9083 Рік тому +8

    Natural beauty am black and am proud

  • @salh9276
    @salh9276 Рік тому +5

    Wow such beautiful afros😍😍…….. when i wear my afro out, i feel so majestic i love it 😂😇❤️

  • @prodigalflower1178
    @prodigalflower1178 Рік тому +12

    We are truly the height of our beautiful hair..... Now go and measure that! ❤❤

  • @deniseoates7147
    @deniseoates7147 Рік тому +12

    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.

  • @glocktwins2343
    @glocktwins2343 Рік тому +5

    Growing out my afro right now. Great video. 👌🏾

    • @MelaninArchives
      @MelaninArchives  9 місяців тому +2

      You got this! Keep going strong 💯‼️

  • @AWholeVibe96
    @AWholeVibe96 Рік тому +6

    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!

  • @dianenorman3209
    @dianenorman3209 Рік тому +5

    My goodness I just love a beautiful afro. There's something just so magical and majestic about them.

  • @mimz1555
    @mimz1555 Рік тому +7

    Sadly, I am not black but I am joyously blessed to be a born again follower of Christ, and I received a revelation over two nights, back in 2015, that you are the true Biblical House of Israel, ALL 12 TRIBES. God bless you \o/

    • @lnyawilliamsmoorell5061
      @lnyawilliamsmoorell5061 Рік тому

      In fulfillment of Bible prophecy the records of the original 12 tribes of Israel were destroyed by the ancient Roman army in Jerusalem's temple as Jesus prophesied that Jehovah rejected the descendants of Israel for rejecting His Son Jesus as the promised Messiah.
      (Psalm 83:18; Matt:23:37,38;24:3,15)

  • @thomasitataylor6450
    @thomasitataylor6450 Рік тому +7

    Thank you David for persuading me to wear my Afro. I will always be grateful to you.

  • @GodisLovetoo
    @GodisLovetoo Рік тому +5

    What beautiful, strong, natural crowns!!

  • @MsWildberry1
    @MsWildberry1 2 роки тому +37

    Excellent documentary. I knew some things about our hair. But this has taught ne so much more. Sharing this absolutely fascinating topic. Just Fantastic.

    • @MelaninArchives
      @MelaninArchives  2 роки тому +3

      You're most welcome
      I'm happy that you learnt something new. I enjoy doing the research and seeing how deep our history gets♥️

    • @PatriciaPageMosaicArtsCrafts
      @PatriciaPageMosaicArtsCrafts 2 роки тому +2

      You took the words out of my mouth sis! 💜

    • @threetruths123
      @threetruths123 6 місяців тому

      What did you learn

  • @carm738
    @carm738 6 місяців тому +3

    We wear it with pride God has blessed the Afro Loud Proud and Beautiful

  • @maodonimega
    @maodonimega 11 місяців тому +2

    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?

  • @stanbai5263
    @stanbai5263 Рік тому +7

    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

    • @AWholeVibe96
      @AWholeVibe96 Рік тому +3

      💯💯💯 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.

  • @Theblessedlifewithlala
    @Theblessedlifewithlala Рік тому +10

    Love everything about yourselves ❤ They sure do they know the power of you as well. Embrace your natural self.

  • @kimwestbrooks9771
    @kimwestbrooks9771 Рік тому +3

    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.

  • @delnikapayne5718
    @delnikapayne5718 8 місяців тому +2

    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✊🏾

  • @tonimarie9985
    @tonimarie9985 11 місяців тому +6

    Never trust anyone with grooming your hair. Prayers always before and after your hair is done.

  • @Lightbodied
    @Lightbodied Рік тому +5

    I love my Afro ❤. People always stare but I don’t care 🤷🏾‍♀️

  • @huey6179
    @huey6179 2 роки тому +23

    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!

    • @MelaninArchives
      @MelaninArchives  2 роки тому +3

      Amazing! Thank you for sharing uour story with me! Wishing you a beautiful journey and healthy hair😊

    • @huey6179
      @huey6179 2 роки тому +2

      @@MelaninArchives thank u 💞

  • @D4L_457
    @D4L_457 11 місяців тому +2

    I remember the 70’s when we started wearing the Afro and the straightening comb went in the draw. Soul Train!

  • @chocolatesugar4434
    @chocolatesugar4434 Рік тому +4

    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 🥰

  • @rev.joslynfarraypierre3176
    @rev.joslynfarraypierre3176 Рік тому +16

    Beautiful & informative. I've just begun my afro journey and loving it. Thanks for posting💚

  • @richieg3674
    @richieg3674 2 роки тому +27

    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!

  • @DH-uw3us
    @DH-uw3us 2 роки тому +19

    This was great. I'm still learning to love my fro.

    • @MelaninArchives
      @MelaninArchives  2 роки тому +5

      Its my hope that in due time it becomes second nature ♥️

  • @chiquitaking260
    @chiquitaking260 Рік тому +3

    Love this information. One of the first things that comes across my mind when I see afro is confidence.❤

  • @projmgt00820
    @projmgt00820 Рік тому +4

    This was beautiful! Thanks for sharing ❤

  • @rashodlewis2918
    @rashodlewis2918 Рік тому +10

    Afro Hair! ✊🏿🪮

  • @candypaint9479
    @candypaint9479 11 місяців тому +5

    Definitely feelin my fro 😘 ❤❤❤

  • @freetruth123
    @freetruth123 Рік тому +11

    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. ⭐️

    • @MelaninArchives
      @MelaninArchives  Рік тому +1

      ❤️❤️❤️
      I'm so happy that inspired you ✨️

  • @delwendebabette3023
    @delwendebabette3023 Рік тому +5

    Our hair defies gravity; imagine what the rest of us can do 👍🏿❤️🌻

  • @conway8081
    @conway8081 Рік тому +1

    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. ❤️

  • @mjo6586
    @mjo6586 Рік тому +18

    (English is not my first language )It’s beautiful 😍 But when my hair grows it doesn’t grow in Afro 🥲They fall on my shoulders and those of my big sister on her back.We wear our hair every day. People tend to believe that kinky hair only grow grows in Afro shape. And ask us if we have any interbreeding in the family.Yet no and we have 4 C hair. Just because it doesn’t grow in that pretty ball🥲

    • @mothertwinkles4198
      @mothertwinkles4198 Рік тому

      My mother could wear a fro, either. She said she wanted one so bad. She wore afro puffs.

    • @pennydink72
      @pennydink72 Рік тому +2

      You could try a wet set with medium rods. It's some work but it'll be worth it.

  • @hischosen1409
    @hischosen1409 Рік тому +7

    My hair is so thick, I love my Afro.....

  • @blacklyfe5543
    @blacklyfe5543 Рік тому +12

    I love my hair we have so many hairstyles

  • @addygrubb9021
    @addygrubb9021 2 роки тому +19

    Very informative! Thank you for broadening my understanding on this piece of hair history 😊

    • @MelaninArchives
      @MelaninArchives  2 роки тому

      You're most welcome
      I'm happy that you were able to learn something from the video 😊♥️

    • @cupcakes7015
      @cupcakes7015 11 місяців тому

      Right 😂
      7/24/2023

  • @mothertwinkles4198
    @mothertwinkles4198 Рік тому +3

    I love the versatility. I was natural for 11 years. I'm now wearing a pixie cut.

  • @carencurrybeauty
    @carencurrybeauty Рік тому +7

    👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 I truly needed this. God has blessed me ❤

  • @amymhchan1584
    @amymhchan1584 Рік тому +3

    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)

  • @kapo6124
    @kapo6124 Рік тому +2

    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.

  • @elizabethhart4164
    @elizabethhart4164 Рік тому +11

    SAMSONS' STRENGTH!!!!!!!!!

  • @melbamartinez2183
    @melbamartinez2183 Рік тому +3

    Yes in the 70s my afro gave me ancestral vibes respect

  • @AssanRaelian
    @AssanRaelian Рік тому +3

    Excellent video 🙌🏾

  • @jackiejackson7900
    @jackiejackson7900 Рік тому +2

    Love Love Love my FRO! I've been rocking it for for some time now. Black beauty at its finest! Yesss!

  • @romamiller478
    @romamiller478 Рік тому +4

    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😊