The young adult does not have an 'afro', his hair spirals down, not up/outward. God, I am so sick of Black women trying to pretend that wavy, curly,frizzy or any kind of hair which isn't bone straight qualifies as "nappy", anyone can clearly see the distinction between his 'afro' and Michael Evan's afro on Good Times. Whites/non-Blacks can have loosely curled 'Jew fros' but his is not one of them. Blacks have no sense of pride whatsoever, so quick to give their unique heritage away to other people. FYI, the afro was first donned by Black South African women in the 1950s, it only later became popular among Black Americans in the late '60s who wanted to reconnect with their African heritage. No point editing that in, of course, being Wikipedia it will be deleted in a few minutes. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.52.167.235 ( talk) 18:45, 25 November 2011 (UTC)
Those of Hispanic descent with curly hair can have an Afro, as can any person with curly-enough hair. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.139.223.172 ( talk) 02:56, 30 January 2009 (UTC)
They may be non-African-Americans, but they must have some African in them in order to be able to have an afro in the first place. Afros don't just come out of no where. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.127.179.161 ( talk) 06:18, 2 August 2010 (UTC)
This article is an absolute joke.The fact that jewish americans are equated as to having anything to do with the afro hairstyle and lifestyle is absurd.Not to say jews dont have curly hair but its not as though they orginated it or mainted it or its popularighty.More jewish bias on wikipedia I guess. Wikimakesmart ( talk) 07:28, 23 August 2010 (UTC)
I'm think of making a short section on afro care and maintenance. There is a range of products, methods, and accessories related to this. This image would suit the section well. Any thoughts, help, or suggestions? Anna Frodesiak ( talk) 05:48, 1 August 2010 (UTC)
In the sentence which starts with "Similarly, young males of nomadic clans in Somalia..." in the section titled "Fuzzy Wuzzy" User:24.77.65.84 inserted "Afar" (which I assume refers to the Afar people). As far that the existing article for the Afar people states, they are not from Somalia and yet the reference for that existing sentence about nomadic clans does specifically refer to Somalia. I suppose given the Afar people are nomadic and tend to live in that general area of Eastern Africa it is very possible that the existing reference about "nomadic clans" could include the Afar, but we cannot be certain that this was the author's intent. I have posted a comment to that user 24.77.65.84's talk page asking them to provide a reliable source for this info. If anyone else is able to, please feel free to re-add this info to the article along with a cited source. Marchije• speak/ peek 12:57, 18 October 2010 (UTC)
There are plenty of depictions of Ancient Egyptians wearing "Afros" as well as wigs that resemble Afros.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRlQEmumk5s —Preceding unsigned comment added by 63.139.228.30 ( talk) 21:28, 8 March 2011 (UTC)
It was not mentioned in here that other famous people known to have an afro would include one of the African-American singers in LMFAO; Steven Kendal Gordy or Redfoo. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.99.4.150 ( talk) 01:10, 30 November 2011 (UTC)
The Afro is obviously not an exclusively African hairstyle since many Papuans, Aeta, Andamanese, and other Negrito groups naturally wear their hair in this way. Cornrows are also offtopic, as they are an altogether different hairstyle. Soupforone ( talk) 21:57, 12 June 2013 (UTC)
As an editor who contributed quite a bit to this article, I actually support the removal of the section on the Circassian beauties, as was attempted by User:Tandrea Spain on February 18, 2015, but whose edit has since been reverted.
While it is true that the information about the Circassian beauties is referenced, I would still call into question the relevance of this information in this article. While the Circassian beauties may have had a hairstyle that was "similar to the afro" and while P.T. Barnum and others may have tried to market these woman to their audiences as (and I'm paraphrasing here) "exotic white women with an African-American-like identity" this does not mean that these women had afros.
While they may have had curly hair that arguably resembled afros, in my opinion that doesn't therefore mean that their hairstyle could be called an "afro". In fact, 2 of the 3 images in the existing Wikipedia article on the Circassian beauties that purport to depict Circassian women don't even show them with "afro-like" hairstyles. Even if it could be argued that the majority of Circassian women of that era had hairstyles resembling afros, I still would argue that this doesn't mean that they themselves should be included in the article about the afro.
Truly, the afro is simply curly or kinky hair that is cut at an equal length all around the head and, if brushed or combed and left to do what it does naturally, happens to form a spherical shape due to its natural curliness, but this natural effect was not deemed to be an actual hairstyle with a label, per se, until the 1960s when people in the black American and African-American communities started to move away from trying to hide the natural curliness/kinkiness of their hair, which they had been doing in an attempt to mimic white hairstyles.
The Circassian beauties, however, long predated the afro as an official hairstyle and I would argue that the way in which they wore their hair did not directly affect or inspire the afro as a hairstyle or stylistic statement amongst the black American or African-American community of the 1960s or beyond.
I hope that all makes sense. As an editor I tend to be of the inclusionist mindset when it comes to information on Wikipedia, but I must admit that I didn't really agree with the Circassian beauty information when it was first added to this article, and since the attempted removal of said information and the subsequent reversion of those edits, I felt it was time to weigh-in on the subject.
I would appreciate any other editors who might want to weigh-in on the subject. Cheers! Marchije• speak/ peek 01:29, 20 February 2015 (UTC)
What is the politically correct way to describe natural hair that resembles Afro and Afro-textured hair (these articles really don't leave room for non-African hairstyle that resembles them) on non-African people like the Fijians and Micronesian people?-- KAVEBEAR ( talk) 12:12, 19 July 2015 (UTC)
Is the purpose of a Wikipedia article to inform in an unbiased way or rather is it to make people feel embarrassed or ridiculous?
The file 'Jewfro.jpg' depicts a man wearing not only a Jewfro but also a hideous facial expression. Holding this grotesque image up as somehow representative of the style of "Jewfro" casts Jews as a subject of ridicule and harkens back to a time when this type of hate mongering was less than reprehensible. Does it strike anyone here as odd that the other men and women wearing Afro styles on the page under consideration have normal facial expressions? I ask that Jews are treated with no less a degree of respect and that is why I recommend that we change the image to the file 'Classic_Jewfro.jpg' a neutral image available in the public domain that dispenses with the past transgressions of the Wikipedia Afro article.
Zmenglish ( talk) 17:28, 27 January 2016 (UTC)
Popular with "African Americans"? So not with African Africans, African Europeans, African Asians, African Australians? Just African Americans? It's always about the Americans with some people. Bataaf van Oranje ( talk) 08:29, 20 February 2016 (UTC)
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Seen the byywording of "Jim Hendrix" yet notwithstanding, somehow no mention of the word "jim" to mean "Afro". How can that be? jim, blackjack, Jacobus, United Kingdom, James Bond, James 1st, Jackdaw, Golliwog, Merowig, Jim Crow, Saturn, Black Sun, jinn, Stuart/Stewart/swarthy, Joan d'Arc, dark, and so on...all have divine meaning. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.0.183.116 ( talk) 15:09, 4 September 2018 (UTC)
In west Africa, the hairstyle usually referred to as Afro appears to be significantly different from what the article describes. Should this other style be included in this article? TEK1 ( talk) 21:51, 4 June 2019 (UTC)
The young adult does not have an 'afro', his hair spirals down, not up/outward. God, I am so sick of Black women trying to pretend that wavy, curly,frizzy or any kind of hair which isn't bone straight qualifies as "nappy", anyone can clearly see the distinction between his 'afro' and Michael Evan's afro on Good Times. Whites/non-Blacks can have loosely curled 'Jew fros' but his is not one of them. Blacks have no sense of pride whatsoever, so quick to give their unique heritage away to other people. FYI, the afro was first donned by Black South African women in the 1950s, it only later became popular among Black Americans in the late '60s who wanted to reconnect with their African heritage. No point editing that in, of course, being Wikipedia it will be deleted in a few minutes. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.52.167.235 ( talk) 18:45, 25 November 2011 (UTC)
Those of Hispanic descent with curly hair can have an Afro, as can any person with curly-enough hair. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.139.223.172 ( talk) 02:56, 30 January 2009 (UTC)
They may be non-African-Americans, but they must have some African in them in order to be able to have an afro in the first place. Afros don't just come out of no where. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.127.179.161 ( talk) 06:18, 2 August 2010 (UTC)
This article is an absolute joke.The fact that jewish americans are equated as to having anything to do with the afro hairstyle and lifestyle is absurd.Not to say jews dont have curly hair but its not as though they orginated it or mainted it or its popularighty.More jewish bias on wikipedia I guess. Wikimakesmart ( talk) 07:28, 23 August 2010 (UTC)
I'm think of making a short section on afro care and maintenance. There is a range of products, methods, and accessories related to this. This image would suit the section well. Any thoughts, help, or suggestions? Anna Frodesiak ( talk) 05:48, 1 August 2010 (UTC)
In the sentence which starts with "Similarly, young males of nomadic clans in Somalia..." in the section titled "Fuzzy Wuzzy" User:24.77.65.84 inserted "Afar" (which I assume refers to the Afar people). As far that the existing article for the Afar people states, they are not from Somalia and yet the reference for that existing sentence about nomadic clans does specifically refer to Somalia. I suppose given the Afar people are nomadic and tend to live in that general area of Eastern Africa it is very possible that the existing reference about "nomadic clans" could include the Afar, but we cannot be certain that this was the author's intent. I have posted a comment to that user 24.77.65.84's talk page asking them to provide a reliable source for this info. If anyone else is able to, please feel free to re-add this info to the article along with a cited source. Marchije• speak/ peek 12:57, 18 October 2010 (UTC)
There are plenty of depictions of Ancient Egyptians wearing "Afros" as well as wigs that resemble Afros.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRlQEmumk5s —Preceding unsigned comment added by 63.139.228.30 ( talk) 21:28, 8 March 2011 (UTC)
It was not mentioned in here that other famous people known to have an afro would include one of the African-American singers in LMFAO; Steven Kendal Gordy or Redfoo. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.99.4.150 ( talk) 01:10, 30 November 2011 (UTC)
The Afro is obviously not an exclusively African hairstyle since many Papuans, Aeta, Andamanese, and other Negrito groups naturally wear their hair in this way. Cornrows are also offtopic, as they are an altogether different hairstyle. Soupforone ( talk) 21:57, 12 June 2013 (UTC)
As an editor who contributed quite a bit to this article, I actually support the removal of the section on the Circassian beauties, as was attempted by User:Tandrea Spain on February 18, 2015, but whose edit has since been reverted.
While it is true that the information about the Circassian beauties is referenced, I would still call into question the relevance of this information in this article. While the Circassian beauties may have had a hairstyle that was "similar to the afro" and while P.T. Barnum and others may have tried to market these woman to their audiences as (and I'm paraphrasing here) "exotic white women with an African-American-like identity" this does not mean that these women had afros.
While they may have had curly hair that arguably resembled afros, in my opinion that doesn't therefore mean that their hairstyle could be called an "afro". In fact, 2 of the 3 images in the existing Wikipedia article on the Circassian beauties that purport to depict Circassian women don't even show them with "afro-like" hairstyles. Even if it could be argued that the majority of Circassian women of that era had hairstyles resembling afros, I still would argue that this doesn't mean that they themselves should be included in the article about the afro.
Truly, the afro is simply curly or kinky hair that is cut at an equal length all around the head and, if brushed or combed and left to do what it does naturally, happens to form a spherical shape due to its natural curliness, but this natural effect was not deemed to be an actual hairstyle with a label, per se, until the 1960s when people in the black American and African-American communities started to move away from trying to hide the natural curliness/kinkiness of their hair, which they had been doing in an attempt to mimic white hairstyles.
The Circassian beauties, however, long predated the afro as an official hairstyle and I would argue that the way in which they wore their hair did not directly affect or inspire the afro as a hairstyle or stylistic statement amongst the black American or African-American community of the 1960s or beyond.
I hope that all makes sense. As an editor I tend to be of the inclusionist mindset when it comes to information on Wikipedia, but I must admit that I didn't really agree with the Circassian beauty information when it was first added to this article, and since the attempted removal of said information and the subsequent reversion of those edits, I felt it was time to weigh-in on the subject.
I would appreciate any other editors who might want to weigh-in on the subject. Cheers! Marchije• speak/ peek 01:29, 20 February 2015 (UTC)
What is the politically correct way to describe natural hair that resembles Afro and Afro-textured hair (these articles really don't leave room for non-African hairstyle that resembles them) on non-African people like the Fijians and Micronesian people?-- KAVEBEAR ( talk) 12:12, 19 July 2015 (UTC)
Is the purpose of a Wikipedia article to inform in an unbiased way or rather is it to make people feel embarrassed or ridiculous?
The file 'Jewfro.jpg' depicts a man wearing not only a Jewfro but also a hideous facial expression. Holding this grotesque image up as somehow representative of the style of "Jewfro" casts Jews as a subject of ridicule and harkens back to a time when this type of hate mongering was less than reprehensible. Does it strike anyone here as odd that the other men and women wearing Afro styles on the page under consideration have normal facial expressions? I ask that Jews are treated with no less a degree of respect and that is why I recommend that we change the image to the file 'Classic_Jewfro.jpg' a neutral image available in the public domain that dispenses with the past transgressions of the Wikipedia Afro article.
Zmenglish ( talk) 17:28, 27 January 2016 (UTC)
Popular with "African Americans"? So not with African Africans, African Europeans, African Asians, African Australians? Just African Americans? It's always about the Americans with some people. Bataaf van Oranje ( talk) 08:29, 20 February 2016 (UTC)
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Thanks for the fix AcidSnow. However, it seems part of the jileec vs. jareer traditional distinction that Mouton actually touches on [3] [4] and which we discussed was accidentally lost in the typographical shuffle. That is not a problem, though, as I've fixed it. Cheers-- Soupforone ( talk) 16:59, 15 August 2016 (UTC)
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Seen the byywording of "Jim Hendrix" yet notwithstanding, somehow no mention of the word "jim" to mean "Afro". How can that be? jim, blackjack, Jacobus, United Kingdom, James Bond, James 1st, Jackdaw, Golliwog, Merowig, Jim Crow, Saturn, Black Sun, jinn, Stuart/Stewart/swarthy, Joan d'Arc, dark, and so on...all have divine meaning. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.0.183.116 ( talk) 15:09, 4 September 2018 (UTC)
In west Africa, the hairstyle usually referred to as Afro appears to be significantly different from what the article describes. Should this other style be included in this article? TEK1 ( talk) 21:51, 4 June 2019 (UTC)