Afro
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It was also great for Johnson Products: Sales of Afro Sheen soared.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
After teaching a quick lesson on Charles Mingus, she produced a bright yellow record jacket with a photograph of a bearded man with an Afro, wearing a tight yellow T-shirt and beaming confidently.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 19, 2026
"All of my music is based on love," Teddy Afro told the BBC in 2017.
From BBC ● Apr. 18, 2026
So I've always been interested in both African foodways and Afro Caribbean foodways.
From Salon ● Dec. 9, 2024
A boy whose father made him grow out his hair, and instead of letting him get it braided or cornrowed, convinced him that an Afro was the best way to go.
From "Look Both Ways" by Jason Reynolds
That meant little to us as teens wearing big ties and platform shoes, listening to rock and roll while even white guys sported Afros and we all began dancing to disco.
From Salon ● Jan. 2, 2025
“I started doing a deep dive of his films. In the final number of ‘Jesus Christ Superstar,’ there’s this moment that is ’70s as all get-out with the Afros and the fashion,” Brewer said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2024
Education Minister Nyan Gadsby Dolly called for new rules that would allow students to wear Afros, locks, twists, plaits and cornrows, which are called canerows in the Caribbean in reference to sugarcane.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 7, 2023
Since then, bills protecting natural hair styles, such as Afros, braids, locks twists and Bantu knots, have spread across the country.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 29, 2022
She drew and colored a picture of five guys with Afros and glued that over the dill pickle label.
From "P.S. Be Eleven" by Rita Williams-Garcia
