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How does this video make you feel?

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What do you think about it?

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What did you learn?

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Hair, and why it’s so important to the black community.

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By the end of this activity, I want you to be able to know what hair type you have and the names of different styles.

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The history behind cornrows

  • Braiding and cornrows date back thousands of years. They were earliest seen in ancient stone paintings in north Africa.
  • Braids represented things such as marital status, clan and age but were also fashionable.
  • Styles of braids and cornrows where taught and passed down through generations.
  • Braids also played a bigger impact in saving the lives of many enslaved people. For example, things such as maps to escape slavery.
  • Also, grains of rice were implemented into braids, which could have determined whether a person would have lived or died.

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WHAT IS PROTECTIVE HAIRSTYLING?

A style that tucks the ends of the hair away from being exposed to damaging agents such as sun, heat and constant manipulation.

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OUR HAIR LOVE

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“ Can I touch it?”

“4C hair is short and nappy”

“ You can’t grow long hair that’s why you wear weaves.”

“ How long is your real hair?”

“Are you bald?”

“How often do you wash your hair?”

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“Gang affiliation”

“Are you hiding a bomb under there?”

“There is no hair underneath.”

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Hair pattern

A really interesting and important part of hair is the type of curl pattern, It can have a massive impact on how you style your hair and how you take care of it.

Use the pictures on the next slides to have a go with your classmates at identifying your hair type!

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Is this your hair?

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Is this your hair?

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Is this your hair?

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Is this your hair?