@wave____________________: We are not slaves !!! Our hair is not just hair. It is heritage. Long before colonialism, African people had an incredible relationship with their hair. Braids, locs, twists, cornrows and intricate hairstyles could represent our tribe, age, status, family, spirituality and identity. Hair was a form of art, communication and culture. Then came slavery and colonialism. Black people were stripped of their names, languages, clothing, traditions and identities. Our hair was also treated as something that needed to be controlled, hidden or changed. European standards of beauty were pushed onto African people, teaching generations that straighter, “neater” or more European-looking hair was more acceptable. And even after colonial rule ended, those ideas didn’t simply disappear. They were passed down through generations. That’s why it’s heartbreaking that sometimes Black children today are still taught that their natural hair is “bad,” “unprofessional,” “untidy,” or something they should be ashamed of. Not because our hair is actually any of those things—but because generations of colonial beauty standards taught us to see ourselves through someone else’s eyes. Wearing our natural hair isn’t rejecting beauty. It’s rejecting the idea that our natural features need permission to be beautiful. Our curls, coils, kinks, braids, twists and locs carry history. So let Black children grow up knowing that their hair is not a problem to fix. It is a part of who they are. And choosing to wear it proudly can be an act of resistance. Our hair. Our history. Our choice. #fyp #africantiktok #slavery #goviral

🕸️🕷️ ENiel💓 :

it's just our elder generation,I can't wait for gen z to take over one day

️SAYLESS† :

Soo glad this sick mentality ends with our parents

🍒cherry lady :

genz will make a change

Bossley.1 :

I had to cut mine for med school

🪖-𝗢𝗺𝗼𝗦𝗼𝗹𝗼- :

even some of our Nigeria parent too force there children to cut their hair

kaka_bluebirddd :

imagine white people having to cut their hair too.

strong man 🕵👩‍💻 :

your hair has energy in it that's why they don't like it

Emmanuel Adams :

I literally made a post concerning this, some weeks ago

noTGuLTY :

Make nobody near me o

klinton🪐 :

This should be a very massive movement!

S M 😇 K E😈👽 :

I won’t cut mine 😂

bluespice63🫚💫 :

I was told to cut my hair that’s not that full because I wanted to do a six months training in a lab 😢😢😔

ELY :

i stand with u

Eddie :

never cutting my hair they can go to hell 😁

Andol🕴🏽 :

Nobody will cut my child’s hair in any school

DADON__ :

EHIZOKHAI 🥷🏿 :

But I may ask why only black?

vadi :

but white people can keep long hair?

🙂Ña$ãmmy📈🥷🏾📉 :

I've decided to stop cutting mine

@RaPhinha :

The sad part is that some African parents side with them

anomns.machines :

My strength 💯

Kondwelani♧ :

I hope the next generations will never have to gi through this!!!

𝕮𝕵 𝕾𝖓𝖎𝖕𝖊𝖘 :

forever no trespass 😊👈