NAIJA GOOD, Series 2: NIGERIAN HAIRSTYLES
To drive home where this article is going, i want us to picture our primary and secondary schools here in Nigeria and bring to mind all the hairstyles that are done by the students (our younger ones),
I am talking about CO, Salt and Pepper, Heavenly King, Maths and English, Patewo/Shade, Concord, Mosquito Coil, Two Steps, Police Cap, City Gate, Baby Face, Shuku, Flower in the Basket, Mickey Mouse, Coroba etc.
We can proudly say, that these hairstyles were formulated and created by young Nigerian minds. For example, the “City Gate” hairstyle was named after the Abuja City Gate and the hairstyle itself describes how the City-Gate in the capital of Nigeria looks like.
There is the “JUNE 12” hairstyle named after the Nigerian June 12 public holiday in commemoration of the first free and fair election in Nigeria.
They are being rocked by our younger ones in school and are used by the schools to make all girls in the school look neat and uniformed despite their uniforms.
Here in Nigeria, many high schools do not permit their students to come to school with any other hairstyle asides the one they give as mentioned above. Even some higher institutions like mine does that (length and colour control). I have learnt that this not only help the students look beautiful but helps keep them in uniform, and feel the same regardless of where they come from, their ethnicity or religion.
Yes, these hairstyles look good on children but only on children. I tried police cap one time with my natural short hair, and i looked like God abeg. But, you know what? They really look good on adults when they are made with long attachments. I mean, i have seen ladies make two steps with long attachments and it looks stunning, also police cap, baby face etc.
So, my baby girls don’t say i did not do anything for you. These hairstyles are so fabulous and have become famous that even non-Nigerian women make them. Our fulani weave is one of the ones that trended the most that non-black celebrities flaunted and looked beautiful on them.
I know for sure that our men prefers these braids, than the million naira wigs we try to bend their necks to pay for. Even if you pay for it yourself, they still love to see some cornrows. They have said these many times themselves.
Don’t let making cornrows be because you do not have money. Yes, our famous natural “All Back” comes to save the day whenever we want our hair to relax, treat and put some wigs on for your classy occasions. Or, whenever we are broke.
But, add a little lengthy attachments, or kinky to that “All Back”, lay your edges and you are good to go anywhere. Take it from me.
Let’s wear our hair with pride. Our Nigerian Hairstyles! Many ladies find it difficult to sit and braid or weave their hair which why they prefer wigs, but our young ones sits for longs for these hairstyles because they must carry it to school.
Our natural hair deserves the shine and deserves to be flaunted, if you are in a mood for longer hairdos then just do some bold braids. We know about how braids is an African heritage, created during the time of slavery by our foremothers. These braids and weaves were used to secretly pass messages across to one another and describe locations.
Now, these has become a global beauty even rocked stylishly by non-black women.
Nigerian creative hairstyles comes in to show the versatility and numerous ways these braids can be made, making all road lead to beauty and elegance.
Hence! Naija Good.
Written by Goodness Felix-Adebayo.
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