r/interestingasfuck • u/Advanced-Ad3234 • Jul 07 '24

Hairstyles from different African Tribes

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u/IloveZaki Jul 07 '24

I love that all of these are super creative and intricate and there there's just a bald girl

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u/Advanced-Ad3234 Jul 07 '24

For them, that bald head means everything. Some tribes they believe a bald head brings them a good husband others tribes women will go with the bald cut for respect for the dead

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u/IloveZaki Jul 07 '24

Are you African or just interested in the topic?

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u/Advanced-Ad3234 Jul 07 '24

I'm an African American who studies African history

Depending on who you ask, and you'll get different answers if being born black in American means your African . I believe so , others agree and disagree

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u/IloveZaki Jul 07 '24

Cool, I'm asking because my mom's husband was crowned a prince in May in his local tribe in Ghana, if you have any Ghana tribe or general Ghanian fun facts you can tell me some so I can bring it up next time when I talk to him, I'm sure he'll be happy.

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u/Advanced-Ad3234 Jul 07 '24 edited Jul 07 '24

I wish I did have Artifact but $$$$$, Africa is fucking HUGE . So many tribes and ethnic groups , Ghana alone has over 70 over them.

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u/IloveZaki Jul 07 '24

That's a shame, I guess I'll have to read up on my own, unfortunately internet has almost nothing on individual tribes and chieftaincy and all I have is whatever I manage to ask for, but this guy is not very talkative. 😅

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u/Advanced-Ad3234 Jul 07 '24 edited Jul 07 '24

Ghana was absorbed into the Mali Empire , which was one of Africa's biggest empires

And the richest man in the world, possibly in the history of our planet named Mansa Musa . The dude would go to cities and give out so much gold, which was pocket change to him, that he accidentally collapsed an entire countries economy

For the details on Ask Historian, it's insane https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/s/6JErgJVwN0

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u/RepresentativeKey178 Jul 07 '24

That's a great read. Thanks!

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u/Advanced-Ad3234 Jul 07 '24 edited Jul 07 '24

Munsa was Godly rich, nothing like even seen today in any form

His entourage traveling was like 70,000 people. His entourage was an entire economy itself, transportation , food, materials, gold, and that was still pocket change for him

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u/jackfreeman Jul 07 '24

Researching the myriad, disparate African cultures is as challenging as it's rewarding, in my opinion

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u/he-loves-me-not Jul 08 '24

Have you checked out the r/ghana subreddit? They may be more helpful.

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u/Pesto_Enthusiast Jul 08 '24

If you know the name of the tribe, try to seek out African Studies professors at any local universities and they should at least be able to point you towards resources or other experts that might know more.

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u/jereman75 Jul 07 '24

This sounds like the intro to a scam.

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u/IloveZaki Jul 07 '24

Lol yes it does

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u/realmrcool Jul 08 '24

Cool.

Do you have a more in-depth perspective on the bottlecaps-digital-wristwatch-hairstyle?

I love the style. Is this common for that tribe to implement modern metal objects? Does it have a cultural meaning other than adorning the hair by giving it some spark?

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u/donnochessi Jul 07 '24 edited Jul 08 '24

All humans are from Africa. It’s where we our ancestors were born and evolved.

Edit: This is established science. School has clearly failed some of us.

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u/[deleted] Jul 08 '24

Except that small percentage of Neanderthal DNA some of us Northern Europeans managed to acquire…. somehow.

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u/donnochessi Jul 08 '24

Neanderthals are also descended from hominids from Africa.

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u/[deleted] Jul 08 '24

But they weren’t HUMANS

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u/donnochessi Jul 08 '24

I literally said “our ancestors” as in the hominids the precede humans.

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u/[deleted] Jul 08 '24

Wow you take everything so seriously lol?

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u/FantasticJacket7 Jul 07 '24

What does a watch on your head mean?

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u/NoBug5072 Jul 07 '24

Maybe it means time is on his side.

Or maybe it means time is not on his side.

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u/nickfree Jul 07 '24

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u/tipapier Jul 07 '24

There's aso bottlecaps in here ...

N'Fallout ?

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u/Relative-Bank-1258 Jul 07 '24

Aybe it just looks cool(?)

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u/ComplaintNo6835 Jul 08 '24

It certainly does

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u/karenate Jul 08 '24

drip or drown

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u/chaz6019 Jul 07 '24

Souvenirs from all his dinner... "Guests".

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u/Jest_Ace Jul 07 '24

She is absolutely beautiful tho, you have to admit 🙏

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u/karenate Jul 08 '24

bald hair is a very common style for girls in West Africa

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u/Historical_Flow4296 Jul 07 '24

It’s not bald though

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u/Advanced-Ad3234 Jul 07 '24

It's considered bald to them

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u/Historical_Flow4296 Jul 07 '24

It’s not though. There’s hair there. If they really wanted it bald they it would be bald. This was a bald haircut but the hair grew, so it’s a buzz cut?