afros
Spherical curly styles
Afros is the plural of afro, a hairstyle in which tightly curled hair grows out from the head in a rounded shape.
The style became a symbol of Black pride and identity in the 1960s and 70s: The old photos showed everyone rocking afros.
The name comes from African American.
Spiraling hair sections
- pickPointed breaking tool
- textureSurface tactile quality
- kinkyTightly coiled or unconventional
- naturalNot artificially produced
coiffure · haircare · pomade · shampoo · conditioner · frohawk · styling · sheen
Seventies dance music
- bell-bottomsFlared-leg trousers
- MotownDetroit's soulful moniker
- AfrobeatWest African funk-jazz fusion
- funkDepression or groove music
groovy · psychedelic · vinyl · dashiki · roller-disco · Harlem · polyester · sideburns
Continental and diaspora solidarity ideology
- soulInnermost animating essence
- funkDepression or groove music
- blaxploitationSeventies Black action cinema
- diasporaScattered population sharing origins
heritage · pride · empowerment · solidarity · activism · resistance · self-expression · reclamation
curls
Spiraling hair sections
natural · coiffure · haircare · pomade · shampoo · conditioner · frohawk · styling · sheen · moisturizer
disco
Seventies dance music
- bell-bottomsFlared-leg trousers
- MotownDetroit's soulful moniker
- AfrobeatWest African funk-jazz fusion
funk · groovy · psychedelic · vinyl · dashiki · roller-disco · Harlem · polyester · sideburns
Pan-Africanism
Continental and diaspora solidarity ideology
- soulInnermost animating essence
- funkDepression or groove music
- blaxploitationSeventies Black action cinema
diaspora · heritage · pride · empowerment · solidarity · activism · resistance · self-expression · reclamation · liberation
big
Of great size
bouffant · spherical · halo · cloud · full · expansive · towering · billowing · puffed · teased
- 70sdisco, bell-bottoms, Saturday Night Fever, pet rock, leisure suits
- hairstyles and headdressesbraids, cornrows, dreadlocks, dreads, locs
- Sixtieshippies, Beatles, Woodstock, Vietnam War, JFK
- BoomersAARP, AARP member, empty nester, empty nesters, grandparent
- cultural borrowingblackface, brownface, redface, yellowface, minstrelsy
- Retrovintage, retro, throwback, record players, old-school
afrosbuzz cuts
Hair cropped uniformly short
crew cuts · bald heads · pixie cuts · flat tops · cornrows
- afro wigArtificial rounded hairstyle piece
- afro puffGathered natural hair sphere
- Afro pickWide-toothed hair tool
- Afro-Cuban rhythmsAfrican-influenced Caribbean musical patterns
- Afro combWide-toothed hair tool
- Afro-Latin musicAfrican-influenced Caribbean genres