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Concepts
Sub-Saharan AfricaAfrican hair threading
A traditional sub-Saharan African technique using thread to wrap and braid natural hair.Braid · Any hair
🇺🇸 United StatesDurag
Close-fitting head cloth for hair protection and style maintenance.Wrapped · Curly hair · 1960
🇺🇸 United StatesTignon
A wrapped cloth headdress worn by Creole women in Louisiana.Wrapped · Any hair · 1786
🇺🇸 United StatesAfro
A rounded style of combed-out natural hair.Natural · Coily and kinky hair · 1960
WorldBraid
Interlaced strands of hair used for style and social signalling.Braid · Any hair
🇺🇸 United States and 3 moreCornrows
Tight three-strand braids woven close to the scalp in straight or curved lines.Braid · Coily and kinky hair · 1902
🇳🇦 Namibia and 1 moreBox braids
Square-parted protective braids with synthetic extensions.Braid · Coily and kinky hair · 1990
WorldWaves
A ripple pattern formed by brushing short curly hair flat.Curls · Curly hair · 1900
🇺🇸 United StatesConk
Chemically straightened hair popular with African-American men mid-20th century.Styled · Coily and kinky hair · 1920
🇳🇬 Nigeria and 4 moreFulani braids
West African braided style with beads and side strandsBraid · Coily and kinky hair
🇺🇸 United StatesProtective hairstyle
Styles that tuck hair away to reduce breakage and environmental damage.Braid · Coily and kinky hair
WorldCrochet braids
A protective hairstyle using a latch hook to attach synthetic hair to cornrows.Braid · Any hair
🇺🇸 United StatesWicks
Thick upright locs formed by fusing smaller dreadlocks together.Locs · Coily and kinky hair
🇳🇬 NigeriaKoroba
A Yoruba braid styled like an upside-down basketBraid · Any hair
🇦🇹 AustriaGoddess braids
Thick, raised cornrows with added volume and curls.Braid · Coily and kinky hair
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Protective hairstyle: Bluenile Photography c/o A. Smith, CC BY 2.0, source
- Tignon: François Fleischbein, Public domain, source
- Braid: Ciell, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Cornrows: Rod Waddington, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Afro: Jason Melcher, CC BY 2.0, source
- Box braids: Randen Pederson, CC BY 2.0, source
- Fulani braids: François-Edmond Fortier (1862-1928), Public domain, source
- Waves: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Conk: NBC Television, Public domain, source
- Durag: The original uploader was Calliopejen at English Wikipedia ., CC BY 2.0, source
- African hair threading: Judeylive, CC BY-SA 4.0, source