Congo hairstyles

J. D. 'Okhai Ojeikere Nigerian, 1930-2014 Hairstyles, 1963-99, printed 2013 Gelatin silver prints "Hairstyles are an art form," photographer J. D. 'Okhai Ojeikere said. They are also important signifiers. Before Nigerian independence in 1960, wigs and straightening had replaced much of the indigenous hair culture. Following independence, traditional styles reemerged alongside modern designs, attracting the eye of the artist. The more than 1,000 hairstyles captured by Ojeikere in 30 years…

A tight bun, perfectly executed.

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Jamaican style Chiney Bump

koroba braids

I still cringe when I look back (usually against my will) at my high school yearbook pictures. It's probably because I can see how utterly lost I was at that age, in every sense of the word. But these school portraits, taken at a Protestant secondary school in Mbandaka, Congo in 1972, are in another

A girl displaced by war wears her hair in a traditional style at Ngalima in northeastern Congo.