Traditional Somali hairstyles

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It is much much kinkier. I have observed both groups in large numbers.
So have I :manny:
Like I said Eritreans tend to have type 4 hair, but not 4c like West Africans. That’s why they typically have longer hair.
Somalis have type 3 hair. Typically type 3b-3c. That’s tightly-curled hair but not exactly kinky.
There are some Somalis with type 2 wavy hair but I have never seen a Somali with type 1 pin straight hair. There are also Somalis with type 4 kinky hair but I have never seen one with 4c hair.
 

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So have I :manny:
Like I said Eritreans tend to have type 4 hair, but not 4c like West Africans. That’s why they typically have longer hair.
Somalis have type 3 hair. Typically type 3b-3c. That’s tightly-curled hair but not exactly kinky.
There are some Somalis with type 2 wavy hair but I have never seen a Somali with type 1 pin straight hair. There are also Somalis with type 4 kinky hair but I have never seen one with 4c hair.
I don’t think 3B-3C is conducive to extensive braiding practices.

Will it hold braids? Sure. Do you need to do all that extra work and go that extra mile, just to keep your hair managed and artfully beautiful? No.

Somalis do muffy braids, ponytails. At night you might do so-called Bantu knots and rollers, or what AAs call cornrows. Nothing else as far as I know.
 
Apparently braids were worn to signify an unmarried woman. I genuinely think we had a lot of hairstyles that have become lost overtime. Maybe because everyone started wearing the hijab (alhamdulilah) and no longer saw the point in doing these hairstyles.
 

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Apparently braids were worn to signify an unmarried woman. I genuinely think we had a lot of hairstyles that have become lost overtime. Maybe because everyone started wearing the hijab (alhamdulilah) and no longer saw the point in doing these hairstyles.
I think that’s appropriation of other Africans tbh.

When I asked my mom if Somalis do box braids back home. That was a no.
 
I don’t think 3B-3C is conducive to extensive braiding practices.

Will it hold braids? Sure. Do you need to do all that extra work and go that extra mile, just to keep your hair managed and artfully beautiful? No.

Somalis do muffy braids, ponytails. At night you might do so-called Bantu knots and rollers, or what AAs call cornrows. Nothing else as far as I know.
True but type 3 hair is still difficult to take care off. Even today it requires a lot of product and such. Imagine hundreds of years ago in the Somali heat. If untouched, it can get matted and can look like type 4 hair. I genuinely think we had a lot of hairstyles that have simply been lost overtime.
 
I think that’s appropriation of other Africans tbh.

When I asked my mom if Somalis do box braids back home. That was a no.
Might depend on the region. But I’m pretty sure they did this back in the day and stopped doing it. My mum said they would occasionally do it.
 

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So have I :manny:
Like I said Eritreans tend to have type 4 hair, but not 4c like West Africans. That’s why they typically have longer hair.
Somalis have type 3 hair. Typically type 3b-3c. That’s tightly-curled hair but not exactly kinky.
There are some Somalis with type 2 wavy hair but I have never seen a Somali with type 1 pin straight hair. There are also Somalis with type 4 kinky hair but I have never seen one with 4c hair.
Us 4B Somalis are a endangered breed at this point lol.
 
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