Intro

This wiki is dedicated to the people who wants to acquire knowledge about afro; afro is most commonly described as a hairstyle that consits of natural or tight coils that is picked out by a pick into a circular shape until it looks like a perfect, spherical fluffy cotton shape.

Afro can also be used to describe hair texture. This hair texture have been called natural, frizzy, kinky, nappy, coarse, and so on. Afro hair is nothing more than naturally curly hair that is very tightly coiled. Most people who may have this texture of hair are commonly people of African descent and some Pacific Island nations.

Upper left: native Pacific Islander boy                                                                                                                      

Upper right: Rosario Dawson, an Afro Latina

Bottom left: Kanye West, a Black American man

Bottom right: Estelle, a Black English woman

Even though ther have been negative thoughts about afro textured hair, that does not mean it is not beautiful. Afro hair protects the scalp from UV rays because of its natural state and there are many things that afro-haired people can do with their hair. Afro hairstyles are very common in the community and have inspired other people to try these hairstyles out, even if they don't have this hair naturally.

Links to More on Afro Hair

http://afrohair.intodit.com/page/afro-inspiration

http://afrohair.intodit.com/page/afro-then-and-now