This article aims to look at black men and their hair with the focus on black males currently being much.

Origin of black hairstyles. The black hairstyle history and techniques originated in Africa. The story of African American hairstyles is as long as the first African slaves were brought to the New World in the early seventeenth century. And Vivianne rocks a buzz cut like no other.

It symbolized ones family background social status spirituality tribe and. Together well go through its history and its products all. In the spirit of Black History Month its only fitting that we discuss and celebrate the complex history of Black hairstyles.

Dreadlocks in history. The history of Black Hair and Beauty Culture mirrors the intricacy of both African and American cultures. The descendants of the victims of slavery need to reappropriate their history and pride in being black men to see Africa as the original land the land of the ancestors.

Black hair has been an integral feature of black history - from African tribal styles to dreadlocks and the afro. Highly symbolic it is not only an important form of self-expression but is also connected to the socio-cultural aspects of our history. Melba Tolliver is fired from the ABC affiliate in New York for wearing an Afro while covering Tricia Nixons wedding.

Jheri curl Super Curl ad circa 1980s. They are present in many countries of the world. A History Of African Womens Hairstyles.

Before there were boundaries dividing Africa into states and countries through colonization the continent was divided into kingdoms. As an exhibition in Liverpool explores the significance of hair in black culture. However it wasnt until the late 1960s that black men in America were able to use their hair as a form of expressing self pride and confidence.