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Coco29:
for does of you who do not know coco29 is Rasta ( what you would call Rastarian) which would mean i have long locks or what you call dreadlocks.
Today a Nigerian lady stopped me to ask what shop she can go to get her hair like mine, she said that she love those crazy hair styles   my fellow Afrikans  you do not see a queen walking the streets wearing RED_GREEN_YELLOW and BLACK, LOCKS DOWN HER BACK and asked such a question. Unless I thought, she really did not understand, so we had a conversation about it, as i had thought she really did not, so for those of  you who do not know here, educate yourself.
your natural hair is the source of your strength, when any Afrikan reach the stage where you can lock your hair YOU HAVE NOW ACCEPTED WHO YOU ARE WITHOUT DOUBT OR FEAR.
Dreadlocks, also called locks, a ras, dreads, or Jata (Hindi), are matted coils of hair. Dreadlocks are usually intentionally formed; because of the variety of different hair textures, various methods are used to encourage the formation of locks such as backcombing. If combs, brushes, and scissors are not used on the hair, the hair will tangle together as it grows, eventually resulting in the twisted, matted ropes of hair known as dreadlocks.
Dreadlocks are associated most closely with the Rastafari movement, but people from many groups in history before them have worn dreadlocks, including many Sadhus of India and the Sufi Rafaees, the Maori people of New Zealand, the Maasai of East Africa, and the Sufi malangs and fakirs of Pakistan.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dreadlocks

The original dreadlocks are natural (you have it from the womb). There is a Yoruba name Dada for people that are born with dreadlocks.(Yorubas name their kids after they are born) For all those wondering, some Africans (Nigerians at least) have naturally occurring dreadlocks. The babies that have them come from the womb with that hair already formed. You cannot comb them. Its not common but Nigerians know a family member or two that have it in their extended family. Usually the parent has other kids that don't have such hair, just like you may have a set of twins and then have kids that are not twins after. This is the origin of the term dreadlocks; not the type that is done in a salon.White people and foreigners cant believe that one can be born with dreadlocks. Fake dreadlocks originated when other poeple decided to try to imitate a natural phenomenon. As for the Indians,Spiritual Colchians civilized Bactria and India and some of these colchians were reported with dreadlocks. Colchians are black by the way.

I can attest to this because i was born with it. I have 2 brothers that were born before me that have normal hair.

Radoillo:
And Jebusites/Canaanites

I wanted to contribute something here. These are statements made by portuguese and english explorers. The portuguese said that Ijebu people were Jewish in their business practices.The english explorer Clapperton said the sultan of Sokoto described all Yoruba as descended from the Nimrod(Lamurudu) tribe of Canaan. Daura in Katsina is supposed to be the name of a Canaanite princess.

Besides this, most of the major west African tribes that i have researched have stories of moving from the north because of the encroaching desert or Muslim. invaders.

These are in history books. We don't have to believe them. But these are the stories that your forefathers told the first whitemen that came to these lands.

Ajuran:
Several lol. I won't push you any harder. This issue is taking too long to unWEAVE. no pun intended.

I am tired of insecure Africans that flaunt the little Caucasoid looks they have. No matter how pointed your nose is. You are not white. Never forget that. White people don't want you. They don't even want Arabs. In their book you are on the very bottom of the totem pole. So why congratulate yourself and try to feel superior to other Africans when your country is in the worst shape on the continent. Most foreigners look down on Africans because of pictures of starving Somalians and Ethiopians. Instead of collaborating with other Africans you north Africans make me laugh. You want to keep worshiping your oppressors. I will not stop laughing at your ignorance.

If you want you can get back to me if you need more lessons. Its easy when you talk to people that don't know their history, but i will teach you many things. I usually don't comment but you caught my attention.