The Underpinning of the Yoruba View of Hairstyle

It is important to reiterate that the discussion of this book is mainly centered on the everyday lives of the Yoruba people. It is concerned with the way in which their views of a matured male Yoruba person with cornrows and dreadlocks hairstyles, though mere hairstyles, are revealed in casual inter...

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Published in:The Symbolism and Communicative Contents of Dreadlocks in Yorubaland pp. 95 - 150
Main Author: Agwuele, Augustine
Format: Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: Switzerland Springer International Publishing AG 2016
Springer International Publishing
Series:African Histories and Modernities
Subjects:
African history
African Philosophy
Cultural studies
Evil Force
Good Fortune
Social & cultural history
Spiritual Force
Traditional Religion
ISBN:9783319301853, 3319301853
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Summary:It is important to reiterate that the discussion of this book is mainly centered on the everyday lives of the Yoruba people. It is concerned with the way in which their views of a matured male Yoruba person with cornrows and dreadlocks hairstyles, though mere hairstyles, are revealed in casual interactions to be ominous. The Yoruba view of the hair is tied to their view of the head as particularly sacred, particularly deterministic of an individual’s earthly existence, and requiring particularly protections by all means.
ISBN:9783319301853
3319301853
DOI:10.1007/978-3-319-30186-0_5