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[blackexcellence]

Art by @lehuckbadu

African Hair Threading

Hair Threading has been part of the Black hair scene for many generations. It consists of wrapping sectioned hair in thread. This method of wrapping the hair in thread strengthens the hair without excessive manipulation, which is beneficial for your strands. Not only does the style strengthen the hair, but it also promotes growth.

The style comes from Sub-Saharan African countries and grew its popularity in West Africa, particularly, South Nigeria. Learn more here

Art by Izzakko via @blacklacerabbit

Bantu Knots and Hi-Top Fades

The Zulu people of southern Africa originated Bantu knots, a hairstyle where the hair is sectioned off, twisted, and wrapped in such a way that the hair stacks upon itself to form a spiraled knot (Source). Learn the history of Bantu Knots

The hi-top fade or flattop originated in the U.S. military around the ‘40s and ‘50s. By the mid-eighties, Black barbers began to reimagine the hairstyle, and due to its resemblance to Queen Nefertiti’s Empress headpiece, some speculated the hairstyle's origin. The hairstyle grew as a trend when worn by the like of Grace Jones, Doug E. Fresh, and Salt-N-Peppa.

Art by LaQuecya Allen via @nappy-by-nature

Afro

As far as hairstyles go, there's nothing Blacker than the Afro. In the 1960s, after decades of subjecting themselves to European beauty standards, Black folks decided to take back their hair. This newfound self-acceptance was widely known as the Black Is Beautiful movement, which sprang from the Black Power movement. The 'fro was rocked by Angela Davis, Huey P. Newton, and Jesse Jackson while fighting oppression; the hairstyle quickly emerged as a symbol of Black beauty, liberation, and pride.

Remember: tag your Black hair art with #BlackExcellence365 for a chance to be featured!

And keep your eyes out for next month's theme... 👀

[dwdoiipckl]

Just a quick peck, no?

https://x.com/dwdoii/status/1687157055042306048?s=46 (link to post on Twitter 😋)

[astronautilu5]

AW YEAH ! THIS IS HAPPENING!

[retro-key]

Tracy Tailspin!! Coolest pony from the comics!

[shibaleeart]

[OC ] Princess Charlotte / Lottie! 2023

close ups

[real-hot-grl-shi]

😞

(I feel like I made her fashion sense too suggestive but I’m going off of what was trendy in the early 2010s bc that’s where the timeline takes place please help 😢)

I’m tryna make a haikyuu oc (it’s still wip!!!) and goddamn I’m fucking stuck 😞😞😞 (debating if I should put her with tsukishima or not 😕😕😕)

Like- LOOK AT EM 🫣🫣🫣

TEEHEE 🤭🤭🤭

[patiencelekienart]

Matilda Ghibli Style

Follow me on Instagram @plekien

[purplesunson]

#realshit

Its black history month, praise me

Here are some jjk sketches

Yuta is on the left but i based it off a cosplayer lol woops 🤷🏾‍♂️ its my month naow

[mikeysomebody]

[lavenderevezzz]

【𝕐𝕠𝕦 𝕤𝕒𝕪 "𝕀 𝕨𝕒𝕟𝕥 𝕥𝕠 𝕓𝕖 𝕪𝕠𝕦𝕣　𝕘𝕚𝕣𝕝𝕗𝕣𝕚𝕖𝕟𝕕" 𝔹𝕦𝕥 𝕕𝕠 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕨𝕒𝕟𝕥 𝕥𝕠 𝕓𝕖 𝕞𝕪 𝕞𝕒𝕟】

I've been bumping the song "Girlfriend" by Hemlocke Springs for a month straight it's so good fr fr😩👏🏾

[astronautilu5]

i drew this for somone as a doodle request!!!!!!!

[retro-key]

I need you, by me.

Beside me, to guide me

[shibaleeart]

Elf oc!!

new oc alert! Her name is Kasmir

[iproposedtoyamamaandshesaidyes]

God created ppl but we don’t talk each other I wonder why I wonder why we got tongues and mouth but we don’t have a conversation

but we will have oral stimulation mind activation enhancing each others imagination safe haven no mistaken

boy meets girl falls in love with her wanna spend his life with her have a child with her

privileges taken for granted ain’t no such thing as luck you better work up ass off bills paid off the food from ya hand gets ate off her ass shaped like a pumpkin make a man jack off

no popularity you feel like shit like post nut clarity both got same similarities different personalities if karma was a woman she’ll be a big breasted see how Satan got ya mind conflicted passed around like a virus long nose on the Glock sneezes at you excuse it’s sinus

second language is body language you bringing to much baggage in ya luggage bro this is luncheon with out jay z 12 gauge shotgun hold it simultaneously murder first degree

I’m too cold put my feet in the ground froze the whole world like a snowglobe son of Adam put the bullet in ya throat crush ya apple

this ain’t New York lungs get scorched by the black and mild old heads getting drunk on the porch you lusting over that woman didn’t know she has a dead soul instead of fucking her you fucking wit her corpse

in the morgue graveyard shift extinction clip like a drumstick everyday I wake up feel like a I’m in a video game than life is like a fake tits and death you can’t fake it ©️