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"To watch a hair artist going through this precise gestures, like an artist making a sculpture, is fascinating. Hairstyles are an art form... All these hairstyles are ephemeral. I want my photographs to be noteworthy traces of them. I always wanted to record moments of beauty, moments of knowledge. Art is life. Without art, life would be frozen... We had so many dreams at the time. We thought a country so rich in natural resources could really go ahead on its own. But our dreams were shattered by tribalism. Then came the military dictatorships, one after another, for so many years. It makes me sad to think that things have not changed much. You see the same elites holding on to power and getting richer and richer... The state has never really cared about the arts here and, although we have many people who are very rich, we also lack good private institutions for the promotions of the arts..." -Johnson Donatus Aihumekeokhai Ojeikere AKA J.D. 'Okhai Ojeikere (1930- February 2,2014) - In 1966 Ojeikere joined the Nigerian Arts Council, and the following year began to take a series of photographs dedicated to Nigerian culture and hairstyles in particular, which became an iconic 30 year body of work in The Hairstyles Series- consisting of over a thousand photographs! #GAHS:Global African HairStory: Honoring our legacy and future: From Africa To The World: The Art, Beauty, Love and War in Our HairStory! #InOurRoots #OfOurRoots #ManyStyles #BHM #BlackHistoryIsGlobal #OurGlobalFusion

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1acRktoK-k http://www.caacart.com/pigozzi-artist.php?i=Ojeikere-J-D-Okhai&bio=en&m=59 http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-26035238

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#FridayFresh #AfricanSignBoards #AfricanArt #Classics #History #Legacy #FreshCutsAndProfilin #GAHS : Global African HairStory : Honoring Our Legacy & Future : From Africa 2 The World: The Art, Beauty,Love & War in Our HairStory! #InOurRoots #OfOurRoots #ManyStyles #OurGlobalFusion #StayTuned (at Republic Of Global Fusion)

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RIP J.D. 'Okhai Ojeikere ... #AfricanPhotographyIcon #International Treasure...Ojeikere in 1967 joined the Nigerian Arts Council, and the following year began to take a series of photographs dedicated to Nigerian culture & hairstyles in particular which became an iconic 30 year body of work in The Hairstyles Series- consisting of over a thousand photographs... " To watch a hair 'hair artist' going through this precise gestures, like an artist making a sculpture, is fascinating. Hairstyles are an art form" .... #GAHS: Global African HairStory : Honoring Our Legacy & Future: From Africa 2 The World: The Art, Beauty, Love & War in our HairStory. #InOurRoots #OfOurRoots #ManyStyles #BlackHistoryIsGlobal

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GAHS: Global African HairStory: Honoring Our Legacy & Future... From Africa 2 The World ... The Art, Beauty, Love & War in Our HairStory #InOurRoots #OfOurRoots #ManyStyles #StayTuned "My Hair dresses me nicely. My hair is my Jewelery. My Hair belongs to me" - Photo 1960s Jamestown Ghana by James Barnor #EverYoung

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"My hair dresses me nicely. My hair is my jewelry. My Hair Belongs To Me" #GAHS :Global African HairStory...Honoring Our Legacy & Future... From Africa 2 The World ... The Art, Beauty, Love & War in Our HairStory #InOurRoots #OfOurRoots #ManyStyles #StayTuned

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#GAHS : Global African HairStory: Honoring Our Legacy & Future ... From Africa 2 The World ... the Rt, Beauty, Love & War in Our HairStory #PureHauteness #InOurRoots #OfOurRoots #ManyStyles #StayTuned

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Hair is the never ending story of Global Africans in celebration & a point of contention wielding weapons of division in creating foolish hashtags such as #TeamNatural #TeamWeave #TeamLightSkin #TeamDarkSkin. etc. of faux superiority v inferiority within while enforcing/forcing hair politics upon many whose personal hair choices have never been about anything but just freedom(e) in personal choice & Style evolution.... 

Case & point the free spirited Chiara de Blasio whose entire family have become the newest wanted/unwanted poster family for America & Global Africa's never ending obsession in the politics of hair! Chiara as quoted in the NY Daily News "I just like to have an ethereal thing going on...she bemoaned ' money and stress involved in hair maintenance' - she will be sticking to her natural look for now" -  For now being the operative words in living her truth as a free spirit whose ethnic background allows her a plethora of choices when it comes to hair - Now will the team natural police who are now praising & claiming her & her family turn on her if she exercises her FreeDom(e) of choice to change 2 a relaxer or weave?  Why must we judge and project on others our insecurities &  personal preferences particularly when it comes to Global Africans & our HairStory? Why can't we live our truths & allow others to live their truths without forcing one another to carry our baggage with us along our journey in Self-Actualization? Live & Let Live #JustBe 

#TBT ... GAHS: Global African HairStory ... Honoring Our Legacy & Future ... The Art, Beauty, Love & War in Our HairStory #InOurRoots #OfOurRoots #ManyStyles #StayTuned #NP #Be

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/chiara-de-blasio-dishes-ethereal-rose-headband-election-night-article-1.1459522

http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/with-the-de-blasios-locks-on-the-national-stage/2013/11/06/f3be9836-471b-11e3-a196-3544a03c2351_gallery.html

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#GAHS: Global African HairStory...Honoring Our Legacy & Future : From Africa 2 The World... The Art, Beauty, Love & War in Our HairStory ... #InOurRoots #OfOurRoots #ManyStyles #StayTuned

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#GAHS :Global African HairStory : Honoring Our Legacy & Future... From Africa 2 The World ... The Art, Beauty, Love & War in Our HairStory ... #InOurRoots #OfOurRoots #ManyStyles #StayTuned

[globalfusion]

#GAHS : Global African HairStory: Honoring our Legacy & Future... From Africa 2 The World... The Art, Beauty, Love & War in Our HairStory #InOurRoots #OfOurRoots #ManyStyles #StayTuned

[globalfusion]

#GAHS: Global African Hair Story: Honoring Our Legacy & Future...From Africa 2 The World...The Art, Love & War in Our HairStory #InOurRoots #OfOurRoots #ManyStyles #StayTuned

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GAHS: Global African HairStory : Honoring our Legacy & Future: From Africa 2 the world... The Art, Beauty, Love & War in our HairStory... #InOurRoots #OfOurRoots #ManyStyles #StayTuned ... #TBT #Nigeria #OrginalThreaders #Icons #Photography #Book #Hairstyles #1968 by J.D. 'Okhai Ojeikere ... Hmmm so want to rock this style

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#GAHS :Global African HairStory...Honoring Our Legacy & Future: From Africa 2 the World:The Art, Love & War in Our HairStory #InOurRoots #OfOurRoots #StayTuned

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#TBT #Ghana ... 2 braid or not to braid - miss them - but not the time & effort it takes to have them: #GAHS: Global African HairStory... Honoring Our Legacy & Future: From Africa 2 The World: The Art, Love & War in our HairStory #InOurRoots #OfOurRoots #StayTuned

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#GAHS: Global African HairStory : Honoring Our Legacy & Future ... From Africa 2 The World ...The Art, Beauty, Love & War in Our HairStory... #InOurRoots #OfOurRoots #ManyStyles #StayTuned

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#GAHS:Global African HairStory : Honoring Our Legacy & Future ... From Africa 2 the World... The Art, Beauty, Love & War in our HairStory #inourroots #ofourroots #manystyles