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Afro

noun as in frizzy hairstyle

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That meant little to us as teens wearing big ties and platform shoes, listening to rock and roll while even white guys sported Afros and we all began dancing to disco.

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The young millennial rocked different hairstyles and loved switching it up: a curly Afro one week, two-strand twists the next, micro plaited braids and a range of cornrow designs.

From the age of seven Anastasia Cameron was turned away from hairdressers because she was told they "don't do Afro hair".

From BBC

An MP says she felt she would "never succeed in a career" with her natural hair, as campaigners call on the government to make Afro hair a protected characteristic to stop discrimination.

From BBC

“I started doing a deep dive of his films. In the final number of ‘Jesus Christ Superstar,’ there’s this moment that is ’70s as all get-out with the Afros and the fashion,” Brewer said.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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