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Meanings of afro hair in English

Portuguese
cabelo lanoso
Spanish
cabello afro
Catalan
cabells amb textura afro

Natural hair texture, or hair texture caused by chemical usage, such as those used for permanents.

        Related terms
        cabelo lanoso
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        Examples for "afro-textured hair"
        Examples for "afro-textured hair"
        1
        Stephen has never styled his daughter's afro-textured hair despite having long locs.
        Ebony
        2
        British colonialists classified afro-textured hair as closer to sheep's wool than anything else.
        The Guardian
        3
        The UK school system has a problem with afro-textured hair.
        The Guardian
        4
        Black women are ditching chemical relaxers and straighteners in favour of embracing their naturally afro-textured hair.
        BBC
        5
        That's why I've started a petition to amend the Equality Act so that afro-textured hair is explicitly protected.
        The Guardian
        1
        Her long, frizzy hair had been dyed black and showed mouse-brown roots.
        The frog princess
        2
        They were twelve and fourteen then, both with frizzy hair and enormous smiles.
        Night tides
        3
        She nods, causing her frizzy hair to flop over her eyes.
        Angelfall
        4
        She wrenched at her great mane of matted frizzy hair to examine a handful.
        Orb Sceptre Throne
        5
        Mostly it's frizzy hair pulled back in a careless and not very attractive bun.
        The Irish Times
        Usage of afro hair in English
        1
        The awareness day aims to celebrate afro hair, and change negative attitudes towards afro hair.
        BBC
        2
        Children from across the world are being educated about afro hair through The Big Hair Assembly.
        BBC
        3
        Utterly distraught, I continued educating myself on black beauty culture, but soon found afro hair salons to be confusing spaces.
        The Guardian
        4
        He was 16, skinny, with a bushy head of afro hair, a bright smile and a look on his face of total exhaustion.
        The Guardian
        5
        While afro hair technically falls under the definition of a "protected characteristic", but without being explicitly named, it is all too easily discriminated against.
        The Guardian
        6
        Afro hair is naturally rebellious in its refusal to lie straight.
        The Guardian
        7
        Afro hair is fantastically diverse and more visible in fashion and advertising than ever.
        The Guardian
        8
        Water is your friend When it comes to your Afro hair, water is an absolute necessity.
        The South African
        9
        Generally, raw castor oil is a lovely thing to have in our kit for Afro hair.
        NY Magazine
        10
        But he insisted my son should reduce his Afro hair or cut it to a brush cut, she said.
        The South African
        11
        After being completely thrown off and appalled by Klum's statement, Underwood made a nasty and rude comment: Why would you save Afro hair?
        Ebony
        12
        Sisipho has been home since last Thursday after a teacher instructed him not to return until he had cut his "big Afro hair".
        The South African
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