Pre-colonial Igbo hairstyles, Photogrid by Ukpuru. The history of Igbo men’s hairstyles offers a fascinating glimpse into the cultural evolution and social structure of the Igbo people. Pre-colonial Igbo hairstyles were much more than just fashion statements; they were symbolic

G. Buffon in ‘Variety of Human Species’: The Blacks of Gorée Island & Cape Verde coast are well-built & very dark. They value their color which is indeed a deep and brilliant ebony black, so highly that they despise others who are not so dark, just as Whites despise the swarthy.

Haitian "types" in J.B. Romain's "L'anthropologie physique des Haitiens"

D’ailleurs est-ce qu’un comorien connaît l’étymologie de "Sukutri" ? La veste qu’on met lors des grands événements, soit ça vient littéralement de Socotri (originaire de Socotra) soit un jeu de mot avec Kotri (veste).

Western High Plateau also known as Cameroon/Bamenda Grassfields , Central Africa (🇨🇲)

Un nouvel échantillon Éthiopien sur la branche basale de mon haplogroupe

A member of the Emir's bodyguard Bornu Province,Nigeria Photograph by E.H Duckworth circa 1930

En sukutri kandu a la fac

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L’expérience Twitter quand on bloque les comptes troll/edgy, je conseille

‘Koofi Baraawe’ isn’t native, but comes from the Swahili coast. ‘There were ten clans of [Swahilis] and the [Somalis] - and their distinctive mark, these [Somalis], is that they wear neither kanzu nor kofia to this day.’ - Journal of the Royal African Society Volume 14 (1914)