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dreadlocks

[dred-loks] / ˈdrɛdˌlɒks /




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The judgment comes seven years after another High Court ruling recognised Rastafarianism as a protected religion in Kenya, finding that a school's decision to expel a student over her dreadlocks violated her constitutional rights.

From BBC Jul. 15, 2026

In a statement to USA Today, Landor said his dreadlocks are "a part of me and part of who I am".

From BBC Jun. 23, 2026

The decision stemmed from a case where Louisiana prison guards forcibly shaved Rastafarian Damon Landor’s dreadlocks in 2020.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 23, 2026

You can see that time-bending mash-up in the costumes, with some folks in bright plastic wigs and others in horns and mohawks and dreadlocks like 21st century cavemen.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 12, 2025

He was a mountain of a man with deep oak-brown skin and a mane of thick black and blond dreadlocks that stuck out in every direction.

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray




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