Headwraps are traditional attire in many Sub-Saharan African cultures. The Yoruba in Nigeria call their artfully folded wraps geles. Headwraps are styled to represent wealth, ethnicity, marital status, mourning,many slave owmers required enslaved black women to wear head coverings. Headscarves served functional purposes like protecting women's scalps from the sun, sweat, loce After the United States abolished slavery in 1865, some black American women continued to wear headwraps creatively. However, the style ultimately became associated with servitude and homeliness. In the 1970s, headwraps became a central accessory of the Black Power uniform of rebellion. In the 1990s and 2000s,R&B and pop cultural artist began to wear to them.
Now headwraps is in vogue yet again. As the natural hair movement has surfaced and women all over the world and all nationalities are turning to them as a fashionable protective style option.
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