What does natural hair really represent?

Across African societies, hair has long been a form of identity — communicating status, culture, and belonging. But through slavery, colonialism, and global beauty standards, these meanings were reshaped.

In this episode of the Sankofa Pan African Series, we explore the history and meaning of natural hair across Africa and the diaspora.

As part of our International Women’s Month series — African Women: Roots, Resistance & Rising — this episode examines how something deeply personal reflects broader histories of power.

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Presenter: Dr. Amina Blackwood Meeks
Founder and Artistic Director of Ananse SoundSplash,

Ananse, the Spider-god of the Akan people of Ghana has survived in stories across the African diaspora. This qualifies him to be a symbol of African cultural retention. Yet he continues to be regarded with ambivalence. This perhaps mirrors the value placed on African retention, still searching for an honourable place in national life, excluded from discourse about “serious matters” such as national development and education, made to operate at the margins as entertainment, as metaphor for the undesirable and confined to spaces of near invisibility. Yet the impact of globalisation on the identity of post- colonial peoples and the resources available to determine their own agenda demand a change in this profile.

Whether you're a student, researcher, cultural practitioner, or simply curious about Jamaica’s heritage, this session will deepen your understanding of the African elements that continue to enrich our culture.

🎥 Tune in for a thought-provoking and culturally grounding presentation.

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2018 Preseason Nationals - High School (11th - 12th Grade) 182 Amos Wilson Glenwood Vs Owen Braungardt Team Kansas

Note: Information presented is related to the premise of his book, "Educating the Black Child for the 21st Century", which he mentioned much earlier in this presentation.

Phone: (718) 462-1830
Website: www.AfrikanWorldInfoSystems.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DrAmosWilson

Covers the life and work of Amos Wilson, one of the greatest thinkers and practical Afrikan nationalists of the twentieth century. Credit goes to RANM RBG TV for actually recording and posting the original video. His channel: https://www.youtube.com/channe....l/UCFFnDFA8_jSJ340fZ

https://afrikanworld.info/coll....ections/amos-wilson-

Dr. Kambon's JoyTV Interview on Asako (Afrikan Combat Capoeira) [Twi + English]

Dr. Obadele Kambon Gandhi Interview with Outlook Magazine in Delhi