African Hairstyles

c.1930-1939 - Portrait of an Igbo woman, eastern Nigeria. pic.twitter.com/oVDQmH5gbi

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c.1930-1939 - Young Igbo woman and her child, photographed in the eastern region of Nigeria. pic.twitter.com/ozWOijqw1o

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1949 - Hairdressing of a Toubou woman from Chad pic.twitter.com/0TJVK9lt3n

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c.1890s-1910’s - Portraits and postcards showcasing the "randrana dôdôk" hairstyle amongst Betsimisaraka women from Madagascar pic.twitter.com/6JyHCk2560

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c.1920 - Postcard of a young woman with a braided hairstyle and studded ear piercings in Stanleyville (Kisangani), present day Democratic Republic of Congo.

Source - Icharta pic.twitter.com/ClTEFmxSxX

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c.1956-1957 - Portrait of a woman from Mali.

Photographed by Seydou Keita pic.twitter.com/7ujWMfmRDR

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c. Early C20th - postcard of a woman from Mali

Published by Lerat pic.twitter.com/aqbIQFGBDK

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c.1914 - Man from present day Congo (DRC) with a common local coiffure and jewellery.

Photographer unknown pic.twitter.com/tLlZZai2nR

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