History of Black Hair

The intention of establishing this blog is to bring you more than just hair pictures and instructional videos. What I intend to do more from now on is bring you – no matter how short a post – articles, thoughts, and other information, both in words and pictures on hair. History is important and black history is the most important, I don’t care what anyone has to say about that. Historically, black culture has contributed to the world insurmountable achievements. We appreciate Dr. Henry Louis Gates’s contribution in undertaking a lifelong journey to document black history. Not that I’m saying it was never documented – remember his visiting an 11th century university in Timbuktu, with rows and rows of documented words of science and arts in thousands? – the documents simply took a back seat when racial divide became part of the education. When did the divide in black, white, and brown start? What caused its acceleration?

I know this is going beyond history of hair, but if you know what, it’s all connected. History is history. It has been re-written in the past 1000 years and it’s time things are corrected. Found this article on the history of black hair and culture at The African American Registry. Thought you might like it.   — Ms. Janet