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wear your heart on your head. @williamokpo #africanhair #naturalhair #style #inspiration #hairstyle #braids #africangirllonghair #blackhair #beauty #melanite #williamokpo

as we raise children to honor, love and grow their #naturalhair, don't forget to teach them to grow in Spirit by honoring themselves before those who come to take, hurt and challenge. "you have survived too many wars to be breaking your own bones just so you fit into hearts of those who refuse to fit you. so darling, walk away when they don’t want you. run, remember, leaving is sometimes loving yourself. (#neharay, Letters to My Sisters) #tumblr #rp #melanite #africangirllonghair #poet #poetry #beauty #blackisbeautiful #vscocam #african #africankids #africanhair #naturalhair #blackhair

as we raise children to honor, love and grow their #naturalhair, don't forget to teach them to grow in Spirit by honoring themselves before those who come to take, hurt and challenge. "you have survived too many wars to be breaking your own bones just so you fit into hearts of those who refuse to fit you. so darling, walk away when they don’t want you. run, remember, leaving is sometimes loving yourself. (#neharay, Letters to My Sisters) #tumblr #rp #melanite #africangirllonghair #poet #poetry #beauty #blackisbeautiful #vscocam #african #africankids #africanhair #naturalhair #blackhair

Coil vs. Comb Tight curls wound like small coils in a retractable pen have no patience for hard plastic combs with jagged seams and sharp teeth biting through the dense spirals spinning around my head. Snapped, my naps snap back. Tugged, the tight texture tenses against those little teeth. And with vengeance, my hair breaks combs into plastic pieces. And the coils spring back. Like the spring in my pen held in knowing fingers, twisting strands of lines. Forming follicle phrases from: Curls coiled in S's, O's and Z's Spelling my hair free in long hand. --Sharon Harvey Rosenberg #africangirlonghair #africanhair #naturalhair #blackgirls #blackwoman #braids #hair #hairstyle #braids #beauty #9ether #melanite #africa #tradition #bw

Styling My Hair in the Mirror Coil it Curl it Twist it Twirl it Plait it Flat it String it Ring it Wrap it Rock it Maybe Lock it Style it lush 'Fro it free Let it bush Call it nappy. --Sharon Harvey Rosenberg photo: @macherie.ayiti #africangirlonghair #changingparadigmsandshit #blackwoman #africanhair #naturalhair #braids #beauty #knowthyself #melanite #9ether #poem #blackgirls #haiti #hair

Beauty I find, in being Black, a thing of "Beauty"; like a joy; a strength; a secret cup of gladness ... a native land in neither time nor place ... a native land in every Black face! Be loyal to yourselves; your skin; your hair; your lips; your speech; your laughing kinds are Black kingdoms, vast as any other. -- Ossie Davis photo: @macherie.ayiti #africangirlonghair #changingparadigmsandshit #blackwoman #africanhair #naturalhair #braids #beauty #knowthyself #melanite #9ether #poem #ossiedavis

the number 9 is the highest number in supreme mathematics…nine to the ninth power of nine… to further emphasize the superiority of the number 9, when multiplied from 1 to 10, it produces the same figures from top to bottom, this mathematical sequence cannot be achieved by any other number. #9ether #africangirllonghair #africanhair #naturalhair #blackhair #blessup #metaphysics #spiritualconduit #symbolism #nubian #africa #knowthyself #beauty #melanite

as seen in #Nubian's #hairtexture, the number 9 is a symbol of #birth / the follicles themselves twist and form loops or ringlets. this is what gives the shafts the appearance of a spring, but in reality you are looking at the number 9 which stands for 9 ether. #africangirllonghair #africanwomen #africanhair #blackhair #beauty #9ether #metaphysics #khemistry #africa #blessup #knowthyself #locs #dreads #symbolism #spiritualconduit

9 ether is a texture of #hair that is woolly and KINGly or what the world may call "#kinky" or "#nappy". #africangirllonghair #africanhair #naturalhair #blackhair #9ether #jdokhaiojeikere #art #wearbleart #spiritualconduit #metaphysics #hair #vsco #braids #style #africa

the structure = 9 ether. #africangirllonghair #africanwomen #africanhair #africa #blackhair #naturalhair #love #art #jdokhaiojeikere #wearbleart #beauty #braids #hairstyle #9ether #khemistry

the structure = 9 ether. #africangirllonghair #africanwomen #africanhair #africa #blackhair #naturalhair #love #art #jdokhaiojeikere #wearbleart #beauty #braids #hairstyle #9ether #khemistrt

the intricate texture. #africangirllonghair #africanhair #africanwomen #africa #blackhair #naturalhair #hair #hairstyle #beauty #jdokhaiojeikere #art #wearbleart #love #vsco #bw

the sculptural ability. #africangirllonghair #africanwomen #blackhair #naturalhair #africa #hairstyle #JDOkhaiOjeikere #art #wearbleart #cornrows #braids #style #love #beauty #9ether

hair that is unapologetically African. #africangirllonghair #africanwomen #blackhair #naturalhair #africa #hairstyle #JDOkhaiOjeikere #art #wearbleart #9ether #knowthyself #plaits #braids #beauty #love

plaiting hair in #kolese style #Nigeria, 1958. #africangirllonghair #africanhair #blackhair #naturalhair #hair #braids #cornrows #hairstyle #bw #vintage #vsco #naija #africanwomen

Fulani. #africangirllonghair #fulani #Africanhair #blackhair #naturalhair #rp #vintage #africa #knowthyself #love #vsco

say it loud! #imblackandimproud / because we make even the functional 'cool', wearing the #afropick in the #afro was a 'trend' long created in ancient #african civilizations. the #style was "reincarnated" during the #1970s #africanamerican #blackpower movement. #african #afro #naturalhair #blackpanther #knowthyself #africangirllonghair #blackmen #blackhair #9ether #hair