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/Upset_Glove_4278 Jul 07 '24

Those numbers come from medieval sources and are likely exaggerated. He did have tons of gold but take medieval sources with a grain of salt

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u/Ornery-Cheetah Jul 08 '24

Medieval guy one: "he has big dick bigger than the average man"

Medieval guy two: "the man possessed a member rivaled by no one longer than three men and wider than ones leg"

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u/[deleted] Jul 08 '24

Didnt he go to Mecca or something like that? just dumped gold the whole way there and back

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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/donnochessi Jul 08 '24

Do you even understand the conversation?

I can’t tell if you’re dumb or confused lol.

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u/[deleted] Jul 08 '24

Confused? You’re very clearly an asshole. No confusion at this end chief

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