While
America had slavery, all other African countries were subjected to
colonisation and Africans and African/Americans defined their hair
styles based upon that of the slave and colonial masters. Slaves in
America used axle grease, butter, lye heated knives and actually Irons
as a way to straighten their their hair.
Ethiopia
is the only African nation that has never been colonised, they have a
cultured history of dealing with their hair for thousands of years. We
in Buddhism deal with the law of cause and effect and all phenomena is
govern by this law. When Africans arrived in America they came as slaves
and we noted that the slave masters cut the hair of both men and women.
The Ethiopian people have never been colonised and they have not only a "Written History" of it culture but to this very day there are Tribes and cultures in old and primitive Ethiopia that have maintained there hair styles for Thousands of years. Although there are over 80 million Black people in Ethiopia, it would be rare to find a saloon where you can get chemically processed hair. Straighten combs or curlers, yes, but chemicals for hair - as in America, is unheard of.
The Ethiopian people have never been colonised and they have not only a "Written History" of it culture but to this very day there are Tribes and cultures in old and primitive Ethiopia that have maintained there hair styles for Thousands of years. Although there are over 80 million Black people in Ethiopia, it would be rare to find a saloon where you can get chemically processed hair. Straighten combs or curlers, yes, but chemicals for hair - as in America, is unheard of.
