Afro
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“Being in Santos Bravos as an Afro Latino is something so important to me,” said Penna.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026
It was also great for Johnson Products: Sales of Afro Sheen soared.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
Referencing a traditional mourning tent, Teddy Afro – whose real name is Tewodros Kassahun – sings that he is grieving a country he says has been lost.
From BBC ● Apr. 18, 2026
Often bare-chested or draped in the wax-printed fabric popular across West Africa, hair shaped into a crisp Afro, saxophone in hand, eyes alert with intensity, he commanded a large band of more than 20 musicians.
From BBC ● Jan. 29, 2026
Her hair looked even crazier than it had this morning—more frizzy than curly, like she was working on a big red Afro.
From "Eleanor & Park" by Rainbow Rowell
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
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
Bows, meticulously handmade flowers and shiny buttons adorn wigs shaped into opulent Afros, coiled curls and braided up-dos.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 11, 2023
“And we belong with our Afros, with our sisterlocks, with our braids, with our bald heads.”
From Washington Post ● Apr. 8, 2022
I had already seen three people in dark clothes with Afros.
From "One Crazy Summer" by Rita Williams-Garcia
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