Hairstyles in African Culture


	Hairstyles in African Culture
JohnWaterman
6-24-2008 3:18 PM
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7-14-2008 7:04 PM
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Amazing...especially the two with really long hair.
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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/09a69cee-10af-4456-bfe6-9097f2a8c728/EE49A775-23A0-4EB3-A3F5-FB8A082A96B4/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://nubianhairsupplies.homestead.com/hair-styles-in-africa.html" href="http://nubianhairsupplies.homestead.com/hair-styles-in-africa.html" style="font-size: 11px;">nubianhairsupplies.homestead.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://nubianhairsupplies.homestead.com/hair-styles-in-africa.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/nubianhairsupplies.homestead.com/img/8999225D-3B54-4CD6-A46B-75AD02D168BF" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://nubianhairsupplies.homestead.com/hair-styles-in-africa.html"><FONT face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" color="#ffffff" class="Helvetica10">Hairstyles in Africa and among African Americans are ever-changing, yet deeply rooted in a shared past.<BR /></FONT></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://nubianhairsupplies.homestead.com/hair-styles-in-africa.html"><FONT face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" color="#ffffff" class="Helvetica10">Hairdressing in Africa is always the work of trusted friends or relatives. 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border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://nubianhairsupplies.homestead.com/hair-styles-in-africa.html"><DIV><FONT face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" color="#ffffff" class="Helvetica10">Natives of Ugogo, east central Africa<BR /></FONT></DIV><DIV><FONT face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" color="#ffffff" class="Helvetica10">Gogo</FONT></DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://nubianhairsupplies.homestead.com/hair-styles-in-africa.html"><DIV><FONT face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" color="#ffffff" class="Helvetica10">Source Title: Illustrated London news. <BR /></FONT></DIV><DIV><FONT face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" color="#ffffff" class="Helvetica10">Publisher: London : Illustrated London News and Sketch Ltd., 1842</FONT></DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; 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J. Butler, with an introduction by E. B. Tylor, Publisher: New York: Macmillan, 1896-1898.</FONT></DIV></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/EE49A775-23A0-4EB3-A3F5-FB8A082A96B4/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>
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