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Afro-master (comb) was nominated for deletion. The debate was closed on 17 September 2010 with a consensus to merge. Its contents were merged into Afro. The original page is now a redirect to here. For the contribution history and old versions of the redirected article, please see its history; for its talk page, see here. |
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A fact from Afro appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know? column on 3 March 2010 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows: "Did you know ... that the Afro hairstyle (pictured) was once banned in Tanzania and Cuba?" |
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[edit] Afro article
The young adult does not have an 'afro', his hair spirals down, not up/outward. God, I am so sick of Black women trying to pretend that wavy, curly,frizzy or any kind of hair which isn't bone straight qualifies as "nappy", anyone can clearly see the distinction between his 'afro' and Michael Evan's afro on Good Times. Whites/non-Blacks can have loosely curled 'Jew fros' but his is not one of them. Blacks have no sense of pride whatsoever, so quick to give their unique heritage away to other people. FYI, the afro was first donned by Black South African women in the 1950s, it only later became popular among Black Americans in the late '60s who wanted to reconnect with their African heritage. No point editing that in, of course, being Wikipedia it will be deleted in a few minutes. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.52.167.235 (talk) 18:45, 25 November 2011 (UTC)
[edit] Non-African Americans Sporting The Afro Hairstyle
Those of Hispanic descent with curly hair can have an Afro, as can any person with curly-enough hair. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.139.223.172 (talk) 02:56, 30 January 2009 (UTC)
They may be non-African-Americans, but they must have some African in them in order to be able to have an afro in the first place. Afros don't just come out of no where. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.127.179.161 (talk) 06:18, 2 August 2010 (UTC)
This article is an absolute joke.The fact that jewish americans are equated as to having anything to do with the afro hairstyle and lifestyle is absurd.Not to say jews dont have curly hair but its not as though they orginated it or mainted it or its popularighty.More jewish bias on wikipedia I guess.Wikimakesmart (talk) 07:28, 23 August 2010 (UTC)
[edit] Jordan Mann, a Lesser Known Rock Musician of the Late 19th Century
The section on history claims "Jordan Mann" is a lesser known rock musician of the late 19th century, who exhibited Circassian Beauties who had hairstyles similar to an Afro. I am far from convinced that this is actually relevant enough to be the sole entry in the "history" section, but for now I am removing the reference to Mr. Mann, who according to the referenced page does not seem to exist. The Circassian Beauties were most closely associated with P.T. Barnum. Thomas Roche (talk) 20:22, 26 February 2009 (UTC)
[edit] Bifro
I propose starting a page entitled 'Bifro'. Bifro is a term that I have heard more and more often over the last few years and a quick Google search quickly reviews it's meaning.
"An afro hairstyle of a white person. May have originated form the character 'Biff' in back to the future who had a small version of a bifro." (http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=bifro)
I'm not too sure how Wikipedia views Urban Dictionary in terms of reliability though. What does everyone think? Or perhaps a section should be devoted to it in the 'Afro' article, with a link from the Jewfro article. It should also be noted that it would probably be more accurate to say that some of those listed as having a Jewfro actually have a bifro - i.e. Seth Rogan.
Let me know what you think Zestos (talk) 16:38, 17 April 2009 (UTC)
[edit] Care and maintenance section
I'm think of making a short section on afro care and maintenance. There is a range of products, methods, and accessories related to this. This image would suit the section well. Any thoughts, help, or suggestions? Anna Frodesiak (talk) 05:48, 1 August 2010 (UTC)
[edit] Afar people
In the sentence which starts with "Similarly, young males of nomadic clans in Somalia..." in the section titled "Fuzzy Wuzzy" User:24.77.65.84 inserted "Afar" (which I assume refers to the Afar people). As far that the existing article for the Afar people states, they are not from Somalia and yet the reference for that existing sentence about nomadic clans does specifically refer to Somalia. I suppose given the Afar people are nomadic and tend to live in that general area of Eastern Africa it is very possible that the existing reference about "nomadic clans" could include the Afar, but we cannot be certain that this was the author's intent. I have posted a comment to that user 24.77.65.84's talk page asking them to provide a reliable source for this info. If anyone else is able to, please feel free to re-add this info to the article along with a cited source.Marchije•speak/peek 12:57, 18 October 2010 (UTC)
[edit] Ancient Egypt Afros
There are plenty of depictions of Ancient Egyptians wearing "Afros" as well as wigs that resemble Afros.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRlQEmumk5s —Preceding unsigned comment added by 63.139.228.30 (talk) 21:28, 8 March 2011 (UTC)
[edit] LMFAO
It was not mentioned in here that other famous people known to have an afro would include one of the African-American singers in LMFAO; Steven Kendal Gordy or Redfoo. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.99.4.150 (talk) 01:10, 30 November 2011 (UTC)
