For those of us that can remember, this Duke Afro Hairspray Ad
makes you want to bring back the day of the Afro…and the unity.
Vintage Hair Pomade
It’s Sensational, Joe Louis Hair Pomade” – around in the 1940s. Joe Louis was
World Heavyweight Champion from
1937-1952.
Who invented the Hair Weave?
(Photo: 50s Jazz Singer Bette McLaurin) Bette McLaurin Herman “Duke” Jenkins
Who invented the hair weave? Christina Jenkins who patented her hair weave process in 1951. Back then, as today, Sister gotta have that long hair.
Above is another photo of Ms. Bette. You can see the weave started 2 finger-lengths behind her forehead.
After her patent, She & her jazz musician husband Herman “Duke” Jenkins formed their company: Christina’s Hair Weaves.
Her process consisted of sewing fake hair to a net; cornrowing the the hair and sewing the netting to the cornrows.
And here’s her hubby Duke: It looks like she used her hair weaving process on him…
Ms. Jenkins passed away December 2003….
& there you have it…Christina Jenkins — Pioneer of the Hair Weave.
I bet she never imagined Sisters would be so out-of-control with the weave today.
The Spirituality of Our Hair
According to the blog Angola Rising, Angolans & other Africans believe there are spiritual qualities to the hair. Since it the closest part of the body to the heavens, it can reach out to gods & spirits. It is like an antennae that can transmit & receive communications to and from our soul.
Anti-Kink
“I married a Korean man so my children would not
have hair like me” — a young Black woman on The Tyra BanksShow – Nov. ’05
Lockdown
We have our Hair in lockdown mode…
repressing it under weaves…perms…braids…Whew…but the kink still rules…
Broke Down Salon
Why can’t our hair salons be more like a calm oasis…instead of rundown, wall paint chipping, old chair seat-peeling, have to wait 2-and-a-half hours, staying all-day, babysitting asylums of confusion?
Back In the Day
Back In the Day…in the 1800s we used a fork to comb our hair.
The Kink
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