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afro
("afro" is also a:
user
.)
(
thing
)
by
pingouin
Sat Nov 13 1999 at 14:51:44
An
African-American
hairstyle
from the late
60s
, part of a wave of Afrophilia in
pop culture
, e.g., the wearing of dashikis and other
fashion victim
activities. In the
70s
, a "
bigger is better
"
aesthetic
took root, leading to notorious 'fros: the
Ohio Players
' Sugar Bonner,
Sly Stone
, a young
Melba Moore
, baseballers
Oscar Gamble
and
Cliff Johnson
... There were also "white afros": Formula 1 driver Jody Schecter and That Guy on
Room 222
, for example.
It was a politico-
cultural
statement at first, but years after afros went out of style, they were brought back, first as pop-culture afro-
wig
kitsch
, like in
Keenen Ivory Wayans
'
I'm Gonna Git You Sucka
!
, and in the
rap
group
The Afros
. In more recent years, according to a quip by
ESPN
basketball
commentator David Aldridge, an afro is "a good way to meet women".
A
prefix
for all things
Africa
n.
I'm Gonna Git You Sucka
African American
Afro puffs
Jheri curl
fro
Ohio Players
Sly Stone
Black Power
The Hair Bear Bunch
Aphrodite
Afro Ken
do rag
ganguro
Pop culture
Super Nintendo Entertainment System
Earth, Wind and Fire
ESPN
Carlos Valderrama
African-American
Angela Davis
October 31, 2000
black pride
Soul Train
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