Please, endeavor to watch the video to the end so as to not misunderstand any point. Honestly,this topic was hard to take on 😂. Let me know your thoughts in the comment section 👇🏾
People please! What’s the real reason people are constantly dividing black flocks? Clearly environment plays a role. The food vitamins minerals and diet. And yes complexity of mixing ethnicities. Black folks are recently learning how to care for our hair with natural products. It wasn’t that long ago that we were using products that are were cancerous . Dialogues like these need to happen for educational purposes but that’s it. I was reading a lot of these comments and was really surprised.
We didn't seem to have so much trouble when I grew out my 'Fro in 1968.,..and all we had was Afro Sheen. From what I can see, what women are calling "natural" today is _still not truly natural._ They're still trying to make their hair do something it doesn't naturally do.
I expected intelligence I don’t know why I did, but I chose to, and I received stupidity. to compare and ethnicity that lives in one country to an entire continent of individuals with various phenotypes, features, hair ties, cultural hairstyles, and everything else is just ridiculous.
*Have you seen Ghanaians and their hair?* 🙌🏿🙌🏿 *I believe what these guys said because I am a living example of different textures😀😀😀 and if we are using the typing system, I'll say mine is 4z* 😂😂😂 *Ps These people are not discriminatory at all. They are talking based on their experiences as a hairstylist*
@@uberhaute_naturalz84 I have lived with many Ghanians and Togo as a Nigerian. Never saw or felt a difference. African hair is diverse. And no one said they are discriminatory. This is why I'm asking y'all to watch to the end,to avoid misunderstandings like this
The statement was not discriminatory, there are even Dermatologist and other hair care specialist that have said African hair goes beyond 4C, especially for Sub-Saharan Africans. Whenever, this statement gets brought up, people start mentioning that there are Africans with type 3 hair or whatever, which is not the point and no one is disputing that fact. We have all the hair types in Africa from straight, wavy, curly and coily. We also have people that their coils are so tight that is doesn't fit into the 4C category. There are people with coils so tight that their hair love holding on to each other, even after combing and brush it, it would reverts back . This could bring closure to those people. Their hair behaves and functions differently, so it would need to be cared for and styled in a way that's suitable. Stating our differences and accepting it won't bring discrimination or segregation unless we choose to. We don't have to be the same, we're all different and unique, that's the beauty of the human race.
She never said the statement was discriminatory. Where are y’all getting that from? I’m sure you know there are pros and cons to things? The hairstylists even said the hair typing chart is shit. But does that mean the hair typing chart hasn’t helped? It has. She said the topic can help raise awareness, educate people as well as help people tailor their hair routine, however, this topic can unintentionally spark a division, which is clearly happening in the comment section. Why do we always have to state our differences? Do you know there’s kinda like a bad blood between Africans and AA? Africans fighting AA, AA fighting Africans. Topics like this can fuel that shit up! But go off!!
@@naturallyblessed2149 People who want to fight would fight regardless. Even in Africa we fight amongst each other. We don't have to shy away from a topic because of that. We don't have to be exactly the same to get along.
There is Africans that have 3C curl patterns. So I don’t know there’s a lot of diversity there. But people like me have got the most dense and fall and voluminous, tough hair that needs a lot of moisture but at the same time it’s big and sexy, so I can’t complain. My parents are Nigerian. I could see how my curl pattern is different, kind of a little tighter, than most of the Black people I see on RUclips. But that’s OK, because a lot of their tips have helped me and my hair throughout the last 12 years. I think that porosity is a bigger deal than curl pattern anyway.
@@Yellowrosebeauty879They complimented the hair! Dang. They didn't insult it. I promise some of you look for a fight and purposely misunderstand intent.
I'm a Black American descendant of slavery in the USA. I love to see African women wear their natural hair too. I love to look at it. It just looks amazing.
@@Yellowrosebeauty879 what's stupid is that you didn't listen to what was said. Both of us said that we were speaking specifically to the kinkier textures of hair of Africans. No one said all Africans had the same type of hair...
This is such an interesting topic! ☺️💕 I personally do not think that American blacks are African Americans. I don’t think we’re the same people in two different locations. That’s why a lot of black Americans that move to different countries in Africa become disillusioned and move back to the United States…it’s because they come to realize we’re not the same people. I think our hair is similar, but different. I’ve never been to Africa, but it’s an enormous continent. Are not the people from different countries within Africa different as well? Aren’t Nigerians and Ethiopians different? I assumed they were but I stand corrected if I’m wrong. But thanks for this video. It is another perspective on hair to consider. And I think the curl typing chart can be useful for new naturals. But as you learn your hair, you realize that hair strands are like fingerprints…there’s no two heads exactly alike. 🥰💕
This is an indepth take,of which I agree with. However, I believe that Africans (in different parts of Africa ) and African Americans (Africans in diaspora) are more alike than different. Our differences are mainly due to cultural, traditional, and historical factors. As a Nigerian, if I moved to the United States, people might mistake me for an African American,minus the accent. This shows how similar we are. I think we should embrace our similarities more. Maybe I'm being sentimental about it. The hair typing chart can be and has been helpful, which I stated in the video, but it has its demerits.
Black Americans don’t have to move to Africa to realize we are different. That’s why we are differentiating ourselves here in the states now. Fba is our blood line
This conversation is ignorant. Different doesn’t mean less or more strength or durability. All hair has to be cared for according to its composition and needs.
It's really not because even scientist pick up differences in the genetics of black Americans and Africans who stayed on the continent. Even down to diseases that are more common in black Americans than Africans. If everyone got upset at any little talk of differences scientist wouldn't be able to conduct research. And South African have is actually different than most blacc American hair. And even African braiders are telling South Africans (not coloureds) that their hair doesn't perform in certain styles like black Americans. Literally telling people a girl her hair is too African for certain styles the word choice sounds weird but dang can somethings be the truth.
Honestly, sometimes people look to make something as positive as uplifting a texture that's often disparaged... Something negative. People separate afro hair with this hair typing system... I say we should make it more inclusive and people find a way to make it problematic 🤷
I have a sister in law that’s Haitian and I braided her hair and I have NEVER in my life seen hair that thick/full, strong, & beautiful! I couldn’t help but think wow this is what healthy hair is! Her hair wasn’t long at the time because she did the big chop to go natural. But her hair does grow to medium length though, she doesn’t like it longer than that. I think that the same hair you find in Africa you’ll find in America because I have children with different hair types my eldest daughters hair is more like my Haitian sister in laws hair and my youngest daughter’s hair is more like 3C hair type.
I'm all for this, pointing out differences. It took me too many years to realize that my African head of hair is not gonna look like the African-american 4c hair. Once I learned that there is a huge difference I stopped wanting to style my hair the way their hair looked like. It is for educational purposes.
Africans and black Americans are different because of our experiences. My friend in the Uk told me that she wanted to go to a school that is predominantly black but the blacks that grew up discriminate against Africans. I've seen the same with Americans too. I saw a Tiktok of a Senegalese girl who moved to the US and she said in the video that a compliment she usually got from black people was "You're pretty for an African".
@@Marie-Fey40 this was why i said this topic should've never been brought up. There's already a discrimination against Africans,and Africans towards AA...this would lead to more division and it's unnecessary. Lets just learn to embrace ourselves and focus on our shared experiences 🙏🏾
UK caribbean kids also bullied African kids. And Nigerians tend to say stuff about Jamaicans in UK. It's not a black American thing. Black people are people and tend to be crappy.
5:11 its important to acknowledge our differences. Before i learnt about different hair types i thought all black people hair was the same. Id watch hair tutorials and get so frustrated because i couldn't get my hair to look like other peoples hair. Knowing that there is a fundamental difference between my hair and other people's hair eased my stress
The comment section has me wondering if some of you watched the video to the end. 😂. She clearly stated that Africans can have 3C or looser curls but the most popular curl pattern in Africa is mostly tight. Like there’s more 4c than 3C.dyg?
I disagree, I am from Cameroon and I know many Africans with 3c hair including myself, it is not rare to see at all. The idea that all Africans have the tightest coils is just simply not true. Especially because we have so many tribes with varying genetic features.
@@pearlykatte4747 you know many Africans in Cameroon with 3c curls doesn't mean it's the predominant hair type in Cameroon. Instances: You dated 50 men and all are them are bad, doesn't make all men bad. About 109 of your female friends betrayed you, doesn't mean other women are bad people/friends. In a big tank,there are mix colors of balls and when you pick,you keep picking red, doesn't mean all balls in the tank are red. Hair grows an average of 1/2 an inch doesn't mean there are people who's hair don't grow more than that. For instance there are 200 million Africans, and 50 million has 3c curls, another 50 million has 4a/b mix and 100 million has 4c curls. Which hair type predominates? Does that mean there aren't much people with looser curls? Thank you.
@natura__essie I never said it is predominant. I feel like you need to take a closer look at African hair because many Africans just assume that because they are African then they automatically have 4c hair including myself. 3c hair when short and dry and easily be mistaken for type 4 hair. Most west and central africans can have hair that ranges anywhere from 3c to 4c, so 3c is not a rare type at all. Especially from my mother's side of the family because she is Bayangi at the border between Cameroon and Nigeria. I'm that area you will see so many Africans with loosely coiled hair, lighter skin, lighter eyes, etc. So it is actually very common for the region of West Africa that I am from, similar to red headed Igbos. I have many cousins of mine who either have looser hair like me, or look very light skin or almost mixed lookin, but we are 100% African. So yes it would be a lie to act like most Africans have super loose curls, but 3c is still on the tighter side and still very common. Secondly given that I live in America, I can say that many African Americans have 4c hair. Because there are varying degrees of European admixture among AA you will definitely see AA with looser hair texture, but I think it is wrong to make a general statement about the hair texture of AA because it is such a broad spectrum. Videos like this make it seem like it is rare to see AA with 4c hair when it is a very common thing. Or like it is rare to see Africans with 3c hair when it is also a very common thing especially if you are in the Cameroon/Equatorial Guinea region. Yes it is more of a recessive gene, but it is a very common one for my region of Cameroon.
About this topic: 1) Why only speak on the differences in texture? I notice the differences in thickness/hair density as well. Many Nigerians and Ghanaians have extremely high density type 4 hair that i rarely ever see Blk Americans have. Like Nigerian LindsayChris12. Its very breathtakingly beautiful and unique. 2) While i do agree our hair is often different, some Blk Americans have an obsession with making themselves more mixed than they really are. Interesting how you wont see them compare their hair textures to Afro Latinos
When saying Black Americans there's the black native americans and the africans that were deported to America. Most of them must have different coils or curls than us due to all this genetic mixture. Africa has a big genetic diversity and there's all hair types on our land. Including hair types that exist nowhere else in this world. It's amazing, right ? Still, it proves that there is no specific representation of what "african hair" is.
@@6ftNaturalBeauty Most of the time "African hair is West African" and while Fulanis have looser hair maybe Kanuris and Shuwa Arabs most West Africans stay in the 4b and 4b range. I wonder if the guy was talking about density of strands and density of strands of across the scalp.
How many times do 🖤 Americans who are descendants of US slavery need to tell our continental born cousins that we aren't 💯 African. We are ADMIXED. We are ADMIXED. I literally had to have this conversation with a co worker who tried to debate me about my own identity and heritage. Again, we are admixed We aren't 100 percent African.
What do u mean african hair is pure black. 😂 U never even heard of black until James brown came out with im black and im proud in America. Love making urself sound superior over ridiculous reasons. What does that mean. How is ur hair pure black. I swear it feels like I'm communicating with african children here. They lied to u guys. Look at black Americans and the influence we have in the world and look at Africans. The world don't mimic africans. The oldest civilization is in Peru North America. Civilization began in America. If it did the black Americans wouldn't be the blueprint of the world. We r not the same. We need to question our dna and blood type. It's goes deeper than just skin color.
All differences aren't bad. Even Europeans look different from white Americans who have a long history in America. I can spot a British or Australian actor with the most perfect American accent because their jaws, eyes and skin tone looks different. We don't have to act like everyone looks the same after over 200s years of mixing African tribes and mixing with Europeans.
Yeah black American hair is different from continental Africans hair. We’re mixed with at least three to four different races of people. Most Black Americans are subsaharan African, British, Asian and Native American. All have different densities and even different sized follicles. We literally have different textures in one head of hair.
I get yout point but there are some africans that have losser curls like me i have 4b hair i know some people woth even 3a hair and they're not mixed at all There needs to be more hair types like 5a or 5c because I've seen tighter curls than 4c like the one on your thumbnail ☺️
@@ayomibh its clearly stated In the video that there are some Africans with type 3c hair. I've seen many of them. But predominantly,we have more tighter curls,than loose curls.
@@natura__essie not majority of them you just see their hair dry with no moisture when we define those curls babe then you can se we have various curl types, people dont know how to define them so yeah
Its not a curl typing system, its a hair typing system for hairdressers and it starts at 1a, which is a standard straight european type hair. Its not new, certain people just found out about it recently.
That classification system was invented by a biracial man who detests African-American hair. He only came to prominence because he was Oprah's hair stylist (when have you seen her with natural hair?). I think African-American women should reject a classification system that puts their hair at the bottom.
When i first started watching was and gos, i want my hair to be as curly as the girl's on RUclips. My sister made me realise our hair is not the same. I have very tight coils and i don't think i can do that😂
@@Marie-Fey40 I've seen many people go crazy about wash and gos. Well,I hate to admit that the hair typing system has helped. Like I stated,it has helped people figure out the right hairstyles for their type of hair. However, it's one of the problem we have in the natural hair community
Africa has a lot of different skin tones and hair textures. I do agree with her that African hair is thicker and stronger. I’m a black African American yes I’m mixed with other things and my hair is so fragile and fine 😂 it’s annoying.
What are you mixed with? Do you consider yourself to be mixed or come from mixed background or both? What is your hair type? What is your ethnicity? What is your favorite hairstyle on black people? What is your favorite hairstyle on yourself? What is your gender? Thank you so much for writing this!
Why cannot Africans accept that Afro-Americans are a different ethnicity of people? Embrace the similarities and differences. Africans live vicariously through Caribbeans and Americans.
Maybe their hair is the result of consistent dna patterning. Consistent lineage would determine hairtexture and pattern. They are more consistently African and therefore have more consistency in the original strength, texture and curl pattern. We are who we are.
The first girl on the video received negative comments because of HOW she made the statement that African hair and African American hair is different. She took way too long to inform us that she is licensed beautician and has handled all types of black hair. If she had said that earlier in her commentary, she would have not received the hate but people would have respected her like they did when the gentleman spoke. He was more forthcoming about his professional experience than she was.
She shouldn't have to tbh. It's pretty much common sense that it would be different. Most Black Americans aren't fully Black. The same way biracial people typically have different hair from Black Americans despite both being mixed.
I’m asking this with all due respect. Is this why Africans braid so tight because your hair is stronger? When Africans braid our hair, the sides of it eventually comes out.
Agree. Our hair textures are different tho it should be understood how the reprobates have placed their seed throughout the universe; along with environmental+ factors as stated. The Tignon Law of 1786 & the recently passed Crown Act affected Black American women to where we had to straighten our hair just to get a job. I watch & admire both women's haircare & styling videos bcuz we have many ladies who're still learning. Today, my hair is completely natural & my quest is to find out why so much focus is being placed on "our coils" period🤔
GOD GIVES HAIR IN JESUS NAME. RATHER IF YOU GOT HARD NAPPY HAIR, COURSE HAIR, THICK HAIR, SOFT HAIR, STRAIGHT HAIR, GOD ALONE GIVES HAIR IN JESUS NAME. I JUST THANK GOD IN JESUS NAME FOR THE BEAUTIFUL HAIR HE GAVE ME..GIRL BYE. AND THAT IS THE TRUTH.
Can yall stop with the b.s. Scientifically a person who can possible be 30% European and 65% could indeed have different hair from a South African or West African. Black Americans don't even show up as fully African on DNA test so would it be crazy to think that they may have slight differences in hair durability. That's not a crazy idea.
@@Sonia-xu5dv oh please...who said slavery is funny? You watched the video till the end and that was what you picked out? I was struggling to even talk about the topic,list out our possible differences as Africans and AA. Please do not project in my comment section.
@@leilagiuwohali9768 this is why I said this topic should've never been brought up,even though its meant to educate us. It's how y'all are not secluding yourselves. This is the perpetuation of diversity I was talking about.
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Please, endeavor to watch the video to the end so as to not misunderstand any point. Honestly,this topic was hard to take on 😂. Let me know your thoughts in the comment section 👇🏾
People who are descended from the slave trade are not fully African anymore. Search for the DNA results of those in America and the Caribbean,
People please! What’s the real reason people are constantly dividing black flocks? Clearly environment plays a role. The food vitamins minerals and diet. And yes complexity of mixing ethnicities. Black folks are recently learning how to care for our hair with natural products. It wasn’t that long ago that we were using products that are were cancerous . Dialogues like these need to happen for educational purposes but that’s it. I was reading a lot of these comments and was really surprised.
We didn't seem to have so much trouble when I grew out my 'Fro in 1968.,..and all we had was Afro Sheen. From what I can see, what women are calling "natural" today is _still not truly natural._ They're still trying to make their hair do something it doesn't naturally do.
I expected intelligence I don’t know why I did, but I chose to, and I received stupidity. to compare and ethnicity that lives in one country to an entire continent of individuals with various phenotypes, features, hair ties, cultural hairstyles, and everything else is just ridiculous.
African American people hair is mix with so much different races! Just take a genetic test!
@@juanitarobertson306 this is one point I made in the video.
*Have you seen Ghanaians and their hair?* 🙌🏿🙌🏿
*I believe what these guys said because I am a living example of different textures😀😀😀 and if we are using the typing system, I'll say mine is 4z* 😂😂😂
*Ps These people are not discriminatory at all. They are talking based on their experiences as a hairstylist*
@@uberhaute_naturalz84 I have lived with many Ghanians and Togo as a Nigerian. Never saw or felt a difference. African hair is diverse. And no one said they are discriminatory. This is why I'm asking y'all to watch to the end,to avoid misunderstandings like this
The statement was not discriminatory, there are even Dermatologist and other hair care specialist that have said African hair goes beyond 4C, especially for Sub-Saharan Africans.
Whenever, this statement gets brought up, people start mentioning that there are Africans with type 3 hair or whatever, which is not the point and no one is disputing that fact. We have all the hair types in Africa from straight, wavy, curly and coily. We also have people that their coils are so tight that is doesn't fit into the 4C category. There are people with coils so tight that their hair love holding on to each other, even after combing and brush it, it would reverts back . This could bring closure to those people. Their hair behaves and functions differently, so it would need to be cared for and styled in a way that's suitable.
Stating our differences and accepting it won't bring discrimination or segregation unless we choose to. We don't have to be the same, we're all different and unique, that's the beauty of the human race.
She never said the statement was discriminatory. Where are y’all getting that from? I’m sure you know there are pros and cons to things? The hairstylists even said the hair typing chart is shit. But does that mean the hair typing chart hasn’t helped? It has.
She said the topic can help raise awareness, educate people as well as help people tailor their hair routine, however, this topic can unintentionally spark a division, which is clearly happening in the comment section. Why do we always have to state our differences?
Do you know there’s kinda like a bad blood between Africans and AA? Africans fighting AA, AA fighting Africans. Topics like this can fuel that shit up! But go off!!
@@naturallyblessed2149 People who want to fight would fight regardless. Even in Africa we fight amongst each other. We don't have to shy away from a topic because of that. We don't have to be exactly the same to get along.
There is Africans that have 3C curl patterns. So I don’t know there’s a lot of diversity there. But people like me have got the most dense and fall and voluminous, tough hair that needs a lot of moisture but at the same time it’s big and sexy, so I can’t complain. My parents are Nigerian. I could see how my curl pattern is different, kind of a little tighter, than most of the Black people I see on RUclips. But that’s OK, because a lot of their tips have helped me and my hair throughout the last 12 years. I think that porosity is a bigger deal than curl pattern anyway.
@@Yellowrosebeauty879They complimented the hair! Dang. They didn't insult it. I promise some of you look for a fight and purposely misunderstand intent.
I'm a Black American descendant of slavery in the USA. I love to see African women wear their natural hair too. I love to look at it. It just looks amazing.
@@Yellowrosebeauty879 what's stupid is that you didn't listen to what was said. Both of us said that we were speaking specifically to the kinkier textures of hair of Africans. No one said all Africans had the same type of hair...
This is such an interesting topic! ☺️💕 I personally do not think that American blacks are African Americans. I don’t think we’re the same people in two different locations. That’s why a lot of black Americans that move to different countries in Africa become disillusioned and move back to the United States…it’s because they come to realize we’re not the same people. I think our hair is similar, but different.
I’ve never been to Africa, but it’s an enormous continent. Are not the people from different countries within Africa different as well? Aren’t Nigerians and Ethiopians different? I assumed they were but I stand corrected if I’m wrong.
But thanks for this video. It is another perspective on hair to consider. And I think the curl typing chart can be useful for new naturals. But as you learn your hair, you realize that hair strands are like fingerprints…there’s no two heads exactly alike. 🥰💕
This is an indepth take,of which I agree with. However, I believe that Africans (in different parts of Africa ) and African Americans (Africans in diaspora) are more alike than different. Our differences are mainly due to cultural, traditional, and historical factors.
As a Nigerian, if I moved to the United States, people might mistake me for an African American,minus the accent. This shows how similar we are.
I think we should embrace our similarities more.
Maybe I'm being sentimental about it.
The hair typing chart can be and has been helpful, which I stated in the video, but it has its demerits.
Black Americans don’t have to move to Africa to realize we are different. That’s why we are differentiating ourselves here in the states now. Fba is our blood line
@ImaniBelle-tu5nu What is fba?
@@natura__essieour ethnicity isnt a race it's a social construct.you will stick out like a sore thumb
This conversation is ignorant. Different doesn’t mean less or more strength or durability. All hair has to be cared for according to its composition and needs.
It's really not because even scientist pick up differences in the genetics of black Americans and Africans who stayed on the continent. Even down to diseases that are more common in black Americans than Africans. If everyone got upset at any little talk of differences scientist wouldn't be able to conduct research. And South African have is actually different than most blacc American hair. And even African braiders are telling South Africans (not coloureds) that their hair doesn't perform in certain styles like black Americans. Literally telling people a girl her hair is too African for certain styles the word choice sounds weird but dang can somethings be the truth.
Both stylists actually complimented continental African hair. No insult, but respect and admiration. So, what is tje real issue?
Honestly, sometimes people look to make something as positive as uplifting a texture that's often disparaged... Something negative. People separate afro hair with this hair typing system... I say we should make it more inclusive and people find a way to make it problematic 🤷
I have a sister in law that’s Haitian and I braided her hair and I have NEVER in my life seen hair that thick/full, strong, & beautiful! I couldn’t help but think wow this is what healthy hair is! Her hair wasn’t long at the time because she did the big chop to go natural. But her hair does grow to medium length though, she doesn’t like it longer than that. I think that the same hair you find in Africa you’ll find in America because I have children with different hair types my eldest daughters hair is more like my Haitian sister in laws hair and my youngest daughter’s hair is more like 3C hair type.
I'm all for this, pointing out differences. It took me too many years to realize that my African head of hair is not gonna look like the African-american 4c hair. Once I learned that there is a huge difference I stopped wanting to style my hair the way their hair looked like. It is for educational purposes.
Africans and black Americans are different because of our experiences. My friend in the Uk told me that she wanted to go to a school that is predominantly black but the blacks that grew up discriminate against Africans. I've seen the same with Americans too. I saw a Tiktok of a Senegalese girl who moved to the US and she said in the video that a compliment she usually got from black people was "You're pretty for an African".
@@Marie-Fey40 this was why i said this topic should've never been brought up. There's already a discrimination against Africans,and Africans towards AA...this would lead to more division and it's unnecessary.
Lets just learn to embrace ourselves and focus on our shared experiences 🙏🏾
Whats the girls tiktok name?
What is the difference between American and black
UK caribbean kids also bullied African kids. And Nigerians tend to say stuff about Jamaicans in UK. It's not a black American thing. Black people are people and tend to be crappy.
African Shemites are not the same as African Hamites.
Me as a South African with 4b hair 👁 👁
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5:11 its important to acknowledge our differences. Before i learnt about different hair types i thought all black people hair was the same. Id watch hair tutorials and get so frustrated because i couldn't get my hair to look like other peoples hair. Knowing that there is a fundamental difference between my hair and other people's hair eased my stress
The comment section has me wondering if some of you watched the video to the end. 😂. She clearly stated that Africans can have 3C or looser curls but the most popular curl pattern in Africa is mostly tight. Like there’s more 4c than 3C.dyg?
I disagree, I am from Cameroon and I know many Africans with 3c hair including myself, it is not rare to see at all. The idea that all Africans have the tightest coils is just simply not true. Especially because we have so many tribes with varying genetic features.
@@pearlykatte4747 you know many Africans in Cameroon with 3c curls doesn't mean it's the predominant hair type in Cameroon.
Instances:
You dated 50 men and all are them are bad, doesn't make all men bad.
About 109 of your female friends betrayed you, doesn't mean other women are bad people/friends.
In a big tank,there are mix colors of balls and when you pick,you keep picking red, doesn't mean all balls in the tank are red.
Hair grows an average of 1/2 an inch doesn't mean there are people who's hair don't grow more than that.
For instance there are 200 million Africans, and 50 million has 3c curls, another 50 million has 4a/b mix and 100
million has 4c curls. Which hair type predominates? Does that mean there aren't much people with looser curls?
Thank you.
@natura__essie I never said it is predominant. I feel like you need to take a closer look at African hair because many Africans just assume that because they are African then they automatically have 4c hair including myself. 3c hair when short and dry and easily be mistaken for type 4 hair. Most west and central africans can have hair that ranges anywhere from 3c to 4c, so 3c is not a rare type at all. Especially from my mother's side of the family because she is Bayangi at the border between Cameroon and Nigeria. I'm that area you will see so many Africans with loosely coiled hair, lighter skin, lighter eyes, etc. So it is actually very common for the region of West Africa that I am from, similar to red headed Igbos. I have many cousins of mine who either have looser hair like me, or look very light skin or almost mixed lookin, but we are 100% African. So yes it would be a lie to act like most Africans have super loose curls, but 3c is still on the tighter side and still very common.
Secondly given that I live in America, I can say that many African Americans have 4c hair. Because there are varying degrees of European admixture among AA you will definitely see AA with looser hair texture, but I think it is wrong to make a general statement about the hair texture of AA because it is such a broad spectrum. Videos like this make it seem like it is rare to see AA with 4c hair when it is a very common thing. Or like it is rare to see Africans with 3c hair when it is also a very common thing especially if you are in the Cameroon/Equatorial Guinea region. Yes it is more of a recessive gene, but it is a very common one for my region of Cameroon.
About this topic:
1) Why only speak on the differences in texture? I notice the differences in thickness/hair density as well. Many Nigerians and Ghanaians have extremely high density type 4 hair that i rarely ever see Blk Americans have. Like Nigerian LindsayChris12. Its very breathtakingly beautiful and unique.
2) While i do agree our hair is often different, some Blk Americans have an obsession with making themselves more mixed than they really are. Interesting how you wont see them compare their hair textures to Afro Latinos
When saying Black Americans there's the black native americans and the africans that were deported to America. Most of them must have different coils or curls than us due to all this genetic mixture. Africa has a big genetic diversity and there's all hair types on our land. Including hair types that exist nowhere else in this world. It's amazing, right ? Still, it proves that there is no specific representation of what "african hair" is.
Nobody was Deported child. We were captured and ENSLAVED and sent to America!
They would have to deport us BACK to Africa! Just FYI
@@6ftNaturalBeauty In Africa, some people have tighter coils than 4c texture.
@@6ftNaturalBeauty Most of the time "African hair is West African" and while Fulanis have looser hair maybe Kanuris and Shuwa Arabs most West Africans stay in the 4b and 4b range. I wonder if the guy was talking about density of strands and density of strands of across the scalp.
How many times do 🖤 Americans who are descendants of US slavery need to tell our continental born cousins that we aren't 💯 African. We are ADMIXED. We are ADMIXED. I literally had to have this conversation with a co worker who tried to debate me about my own identity and heritage. Again, we are admixed
We aren't 100 percent African.
@@jacklyneverage3881 ok
@@natura__essieshes right..we arent pure.
You are 100% correct
That’s what I’ve been saying. African American hair is mixed. African hair is mostly pure black. So obviously our hair would be different.
@@islandpersuasion4690 I think the blend of ancestry is the reason for this.
@@natura__essie Definitely
What do u mean african hair is pure black. 😂 U never even heard of black until James brown came out with im black and im proud in America. Love making urself sound superior over ridiculous reasons. What does that mean. How is ur hair pure black. I swear it feels like I'm communicating with african children here.
They lied to u guys. Look at black Americans and the influence we have in the world and look at Africans. The world don't mimic africans. The oldest civilization is in Peru North America. Civilization began in America. If it did the black Americans wouldn't be the blueprint of the world.
We r not the same. We need to question our dna and blood type. It's goes deeper than just skin color.
You guys are funny... talk as in Africa there are not mixes also...
@@edgaralbasini6226 What. What u language u writing. English please.
All differences aren't bad. Even Europeans look different from white Americans who have a long history in America. I can spot a British or Australian actor with the most perfect American accent because their jaws, eyes and skin tone looks different. We don't have to act like everyone looks the same after over 200s years of mixing African tribes and mixing with Europeans.
So what lets focus on more important issues like protecting our children from the system
Yeah black American hair is different from continental Africans hair. We’re mixed with at least three to four different races of people. Most Black Americans are subsaharan African, British, Asian and Native American. All have different densities and even different sized follicles. We literally have different textures in one head of hair.
I get yout point but there are some africans that have losser curls like me i have 4b hair i know some people woth even 3a hair and they're not mixed at all
There needs to be more hair types like 5a or 5c because I've seen tighter curls than 4c like the one on your thumbnail ☺️
Me as a South african with 4b hair 👁 👁
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@@ayomibh its clearly stated In the video that there are some Africans with type 3c hair. I've seen many of them.
But predominantly,we have more tighter curls,than loose curls.
@@teemakhanya86 Africans can have looser curls. I have type 4a/b mix. However,our predominant hair type is usually tighter,than loose.
@@natura__essie not majority of them you just see their hair dry with no moisture when we define those curls babe then you can se we have various curl types, people dont know how to define them so yeah
Its not a curl typing system, its a hair typing system for hairdressers and it starts at 1a, which is a standard straight european type hair. Its not new, certain people just found out about it recently.
That classification system was invented by a biracial man who detests African-American hair. He only came to prominence because he was Oprah's hair stylist (when have you seen her with natural hair?). I think African-American women should reject a classification system that puts their hair at the bottom.
When i first started watching was and gos, i want my hair to be as curly as the girl's on RUclips. My sister made me realise our hair is not the same. I have very tight coils and i don't think i can do that😂
@@Marie-Fey40 I've seen many people go crazy about wash and gos. Well,I hate to admit that the hair typing system has helped.
Like I stated,it has helped people figure out the right hairstyles for their type of hair. However, it's one of the problem we have in the natural hair community
Africa has a lot of different skin tones and hair textures. I do agree with her that African hair is thicker and stronger. I’m a black African American yes I’m mixed with other things and my hair is so fragile and fine 😂 it’s annoying.
What are you mixed with? Do you consider yourself to be mixed or come from mixed background or both? What is your hair type? What is your ethnicity? What is your favorite hairstyle on black people? What is your favorite hairstyle on yourself? What is your gender? Thank you so much for writing this!
Honestly it's true cuz I've seen tightest coils which have nothing in common with some "4c" afro american hair
Why cannot Africans accept that Afro-Americans are a different ethnicity of people? Embrace the similarities and differences. Africans live vicariously through Caribbeans and Americans.
Wow..that makes sense. I also think they are closer to nature than we are so it makes sense to me
Clearly they haven't been to Afrika to see the variety of hair there is.
Maybe their hair is the result of consistent dna patterning. Consistent lineage would determine hairtexture and pattern. They are more consistently African and therefore have more consistency in the original strength, texture and curl pattern. We are who we are.
The first girl on the video received negative comments because of HOW she made the statement that African hair and African American hair is different. She took way too long to inform us that she is licensed beautician and has handled all types of black hair. If she had said that earlier in her commentary, she would have not received the hate but people would have respected her like they did when the gentleman spoke. He was more forthcoming about his professional experience than she was.
She shouldn't have to tbh. It's pretty much common sense that it would be different. Most Black Americans aren't fully Black. The same way biracial people typically have different hair from Black Americans despite both being mixed.
I’m asking this with all due respect. Is this why Africans braid so tight because your hair is stronger? When Africans braid our hair, the sides of it eventually comes out.
Agree. Our hair textures are different tho it should be understood how the reprobates have placed their seed throughout the universe; along with environmental+ factors as stated. The Tignon Law of 1786 & the recently passed Crown Act affected Black American women to where we had to straighten our hair just to get a job. I watch & admire both women's haircare & styling videos bcuz we have many ladies who're still learning. Today, my hair is completely natural & my quest is to find out why so much focus is being placed on "our coils" period🤔
African's hair is nappier than black American's hair, but stronger.....?
It's the texturism in your comment for me....
I don’t agree case I got thin weak hair that makes you cry😢
@@mereiam African hair is diverse. Africans can also have thin/fine hair. And don't cry ❤️❤️
I think that YES,
Black Americans hair is different from Africans hair.
I think that Black Americans hair is stronger💜
GOD GIVES HAIR IN JESUS NAME. RATHER IF YOU GOT HARD NAPPY HAIR, COURSE HAIR, THICK HAIR, SOFT HAIR, STRAIGHT HAIR, GOD ALONE GIVES HAIR IN JESUS NAME. I JUST THANK GOD IN JESUS NAME FOR THE BEAUTIFUL HAIR HE GAVE ME..GIRL BYE. AND THAT IS THE TRUTH.
You are AFRICAN. BEAUTIFUL❤❤❤❤❤❤
So true
The skeleton is different.
One is tribe of Shem and other tribe of Ham
The American education system isnt the best.
Can yall stop with the b.s. Scientifically a person who can possible be 30% European and 65% could indeed have different hair from a South African or West African. Black Americans don't even show up as fully African on DNA test so would it be crazy to think that they may have slight differences in hair durability. That's not a crazy idea.
What is it so funny?? I saw the difference in hair!!! Slavery is not funny!, it helped you AFRICAN people out!!!
@@Sonia-xu5dv oh please...who said slavery is funny? You watched the video till the end and that was what you picked out? I was struggling to even talk about the topic,list out our possible differences as Africans and AA. Please do not project in my comment section.
8:25 Fr 😂😂😂
@@GabomaToon honestly,I was struggling 😂
Lol that’s cause we are not African we are American Indians
Great! So stop accusing Africans of selling yall
@@AfriPrincess411But they did sell their own people. Can’t trust them.
@@leilagiuwohali9768 this is why I said this topic should've never been brought up,even though its meant to educate us. It's how y'all are not secluding yourselves. This is the perpetuation of diversity I was talking about.
No that’s because the average African American is about 10-30% Western European.
@@Ed.-uc4yd30% lol no not even. The average is like 7-20%. If you were 1/3rd white then your phenotype would be different.