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c.1921-1932 - children with dreadlocks in the Gold Coast, present day Ghana - known as a “ Bagyina'Ba”, it is a title held for children who have overcome premature adversity.
Photographed by Robert Sutherland Rattray
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1970 - Yoruba woman with arm tattoos and braided hairstyle in Ife, present day Osun State , Nigeria.
Photographed by Eliot Elisofon
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c.1911-1915 - Bamum boy from Foumban with a shaved hairstyle, present day Cameroon.
From the Basel missionary archive
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c.1883-1888 - Ga women with their hair rolled from the Gold Coast, present day Ghana.
From the Basel Mission Archive
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c.1935-1939 - portrait of a young man from Cuando , Angola with a hairstyle combining shaved sides with a comb dressed in his hair.
Photographed by Elmano Cunha e Costa
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1931 - Photograph of an elderly Fulani man from Fouta Djallon, present day Guinea.
Photographed by Rudolf Oldenburg
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c.1935 - Man adorned with extensive gold jewellery and swords at a festival in present day Côte d'Ivoire.
Photographed by Vernon McKay
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c.1905 - Dogon men from Mali wearing indigo dyed diisa.
Photographed by Edmond Fortier
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c.1900-1905 - Hairdressing of a woman from the Gold Coast
From The National Archives
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c.1970s - Young Xhosa man from the former Transkei region of South Africa.
From the book ‘African Elegance’ by Jean Broster.
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1909 - Azande man from Congo wearing a braided hairstyle and crocheted cap.
Photographed by Herbert Lang.
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c.1921-1932 - Group shot of Okomfo priests that attended the Apo ceremony in the Gold Coast, present day Ghana.
Photographed by Robert Sutherland Rattray
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c.1922 - portrait of a woman from Luanda , present day Angola.
Photographed by Amandus Johnson
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c.mid 20th century - postcard of the braided hairstyle of a woman from Côte d'Ivoire
Postcard created by “mexichrome”
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1946 - Fulani girls adorned with jewellery, plaited hair and beads in Plateau State, present day Nigeria.
Photographed by J L Vitoria
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c.1920-1940 - Bayanzi man from Congo with long braided hair.
From the International Missionary Photography Archive
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c.1938-1939- Higher quality , extended shots of the diverse braiding styles amongst a group of Yaka singers in present day DRC.
Photographed by Hans Himmelheber
c.1938-1939 - Diverse braiding styles amongst a troupe of singers from the Yaka tribe in Zaire, present day DRC.
Photographed by Hans Himmelheber
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c.1935-1939 - Photograph of a girl from the At-Temariam subgroup of the Tigre ethnic community -present day Eritrea.
Herskovits Library of African Studies - Humphrey Winterton Collection of East African Photographs
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c.1890s - Common hairstyle amongst Bapende (Pende, Bondonga) men from the Northern region of Congo.
Extracts taken from George Grenfell archives, Baptist Church Missionary Society amongst various other sources.
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c.1912 - Braided hairstyle of a Mada-zube (Mada) teenager from Northern Nigeria
Photographed by A.J.N. Tremearne
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c.1909-1915 - Esan man from Irrua, present day Edo State Nigeria.
Photographed by Thomas Northcote.
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c.1922-1929 - Tidikelt Woman , Algeria
Photographed by Henri Lhote
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c.1909-1915 - Igbo man from Enugu Ukwu with locked hair, present day Nigeria.
Photographed by Thomas Northcote
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c.1933-1939 - “Komfo” child from present day Ghana
Photographed by Ernst Ringwald
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c. Late 19th century - Zulu man with an elaborate hairstyle
Photographed by Samuel Baylis Barnard
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1933 - Liberian boy helping braid a woman’s hair.
Photographed by Hans Himmelheber.
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1912 - Bafoma (Boma?) men from Congo.
Photographed by Frederick Starr - from the book “Congo Natves” .
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c.1909-1915- Elaborate hairstyles of Igbo women from Awka (Ọka), present day Anambra state, Nigeria.
Photographed by Thomas Northcote.
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c.1938-1939 - Diverse braiding styles amongst a troupe of singers from the Yaka tribe in Zaire, present day DRC.
Photographed by Hans Himmelheber
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c.1900-1939 - Chief Kalare in “Costermansville”, present day Bukavu, Democratic republic of Congo
(Photographer unknown)
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c.1936 - Girl with a braided hairstyle and jewellery in Kumba, present day Cameroon.
Photographed by H. Wildi
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1944 - Woman and young girl with the popular braided hairstyles of the Tigre people in Adua Market, Ethiopia.
Photographed by David Roden Buxton
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c.1909-1915 - Igbo man with long dressed hair from Awka (Ocha), present day Anambra state, Nigeria.
Photographed by Thomas Northcote
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c.1895-1914- Group of elders and youths ( possibly Bapende/ Pende ethnicity) in Northern Congo
Photographed by Kenred Smith
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c.1958-
1. Nana Kwabena Ankemako, High-priest of Ntoa at Seseman-Nkoranza
2- Okomfo Priests
From the book -“The Akan of Ghana, their ancient beliefs” by Meyerowitz, Eva L. R.
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1953- Woman from Cameroon headwrap style
Photographed by Hector Acebes
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🇹🇩 Chad - 1949/1951- Young woman from Zigey, Chad
Photographed by Gerard Becquet
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1906 - Susu woman from Eastern Sierra Leone
From the book “Liberia: Vol 2” - by Harry Johnston
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1890 - man from Senegal region
Photographed by Henri Brosselard-Faidherbe
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Late 19th century- Pende man from Northern Congo
Sourced from Baptist Church Missionary Society Archive - (Higher quality extract from previous thread)
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c.1900-1910 - Postcard of a woman from Conakry, Guinea
Photographed by A.James
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c.1921-1932 - Asante “priest who attended the apo ceremony”
Photographed by Robert Sutherland Rattray
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1958 - Toubou dancer from the Tibesti region of Northern Chad, adorned with jewellery.
Postcard by Bourdelon
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1946 - 🇳🇬 - young ganawuri male
Photographed by J L Vitoria,
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c.1909-1915- Elders from Ewu- present day Edo State - Nigeria
Photographed by Thomas Northcote
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c.19th century - Zulu man from Southern Africa
Photographed by G. T. Ferneyhough
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c.1955-1956 - braided hairstyle of a Dan man from Diaple (Nyor Diaplay), Liberia.
Photographed by Hans Himmelheber
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🇳🇬 - 16th/17th century- Benin bronze depicting a man with dreadlocks - known to the Edo people of southern Nigeria as Agbihiagha/ ihiagha.
Oba Akengboi (the 23rd Oba), who ruled the ancient kingdom of Benin between 1669AD-1675AD, was said to have worn the style.
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c.1890- man from Yalemba, Northern Congo
From the book
“George Grenfell and the Congo” - 1910
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“Dreadlocks” in Akan culture is known as mpesempese and was the hairstyle worn by the legendary Asante priest Okomfo Anokye.
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1904 - Swahili woman from Zanzibar
Published by the Coutinho brothers
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c.1940s - Lobi men from Côte d'Ivoire
Photographed by Jacques Soubrier
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c.1877-1880- Zande man from Congo
Photographed by Richard Buchta
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c.1909-1915 - Young men from Aja-Eyube (Ajeyube) , present day Delta State - Nigeria
Photographed by Thomas Northcote
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c.1910 - Postcard of Baholo Chief Cahuima and sons, present day Angola
Postcard created by José Velloso Castro
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1939 - Various shaped hairstyles amongst young Pende men and women, from present day Democratic Republic of Congo.
Photographed by Hans Himmelheber
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Late 17th century - “Bronze plaque said to represent Oba Akengboi in battle dress”
Extract from the book “Two thousand years, Nigerian art” by Ekpo Eyo - 1977
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c.1909-1910 - Urhobo Man from Jesse Town- present day Delta state, Nigeria
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Photographed by Thomas Northcote
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1919 - 🇨🇲 - young woman with hairstyle
From ‘archives nationales’
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c.1880-1939 - Rearview capture of the artistic hairstyle of a young Igbo boy, with “shaved and painted areas”.
Present day Nigeria.
Photographed by J Stöcker
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“Dreadlocks” in Akan culture is known as mpesempese and was the hairstyle worn by the legendary Asante priest Okomfo Anokye.
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c.1880-1939 - Hairstyles amongst young Igbo men, present day Nigeria.
Photographed by J Stöcker
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c.1909-1915 - Igbo women from Owerri, Present day Imo State, Nigeria.
Photographed by Thomas Northcote
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This just might be the dumbest video I’ve watched on the internet in 2024 still.
Why Are You Only African At Home?
But in public You cosplay black American
Let’s Dive Into This 🚨👌🏾
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It hasn’t stopped that much really I would say, especially in coastal parts of Western Africa
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Higher quality extract of the second photograph.
Late 19th century- Pende man from Northern Congo
Sourced from Baptist Church Missionary Society Archive - (Higher quality extract from previous thread)
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- The principal work of the men is to get their hair dressed -lying, Samson and
Delilah fashion, in the shade of trees or in open court-yards." (Grenfell.) - Description of the hairdressing illustrated in the book-
“George Grenfell and the Congo” (1910)- Johnston et al
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@MCRBangoura
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🇳🇬 - 16th/17th century- Benin bronze depicting a man with dreadlocks - known to the Edo people of southern Nigeria as Agbihiagha/ ihiagha.
Oba Akengboi (the 23rd Oba), who ruled the ancient kingdom of Benin between 1669AD-1675AD, was said to have worn the style.
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🇳🇬 - 16th/17th century- Benin bronze depicting a man with dreadlocks - known to the Edo people of southern Nigeria as Agbihiagha/ ihiagha.
Oba Akengboi (the 23rd Oba), who ruled the ancient kingdom of Benin between 1669AD-1675AD, was said to have worn the style.
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"In 1890 the principal work of the women at Bopoto seemed to be the dressing of the hair of the men into all sorts of fantastic shapes, cones and mitres preponderat-ing, though there is great latitude in the shape, number, size, direction horns-
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@MythoAfrique
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🇹🇩 Chad - 1949/1951- Young woman from Zigey, Chad
Photographed by Gerard Becquet
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Not too clear but it looks like he has tattoos across his arms aswell.
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1890 - man from Senegal region
Photographed by Henri Brosselard-Faidherbe
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c.1877-1880- Zande man from Congo
Photographed by Richard Buchta
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Uli/ Uri symbols can be found artfully carved within the hair of various Igbo men, women and children alike in old photographic archives. These appear to have been to be used as a symbol of fashion as well as status to show one’s age grade or occupation.
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@Joe__Bassey
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c.1890- man from Yalemba, Northern Congo
From the book
“George Grenfell and the Congo” - 1910
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@NaijaNation
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c.1909-1910 - Urhobo Man from Jesse Town- present day Delta state, Nigeria
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Photographed by Thomas Northcote
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@GhostofOkello
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🇳🇬 - 16th/17th century- Benin bronze depicting a man with dreadlocks - known to the Edo people of southern Nigeria as Agbihiagha/ ihiagha.
Oba Akengboi (the 23rd Oba), who ruled the ancient kingdom of Benin between 1669AD-1675AD, was said to have worn the style.
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c.1909-1910 - Urhobo Man from Jesse Town- present day Delta state, Nigeria
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Photographed by Thomas Northcote
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