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Afro

[af-roh] / ˈæf roʊ /
NOUN
frizzy hairstyle
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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

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

So I've always been interested in both African foodways and Afro Caribbean foodways.

From Salon Dec. 9, 2024

In the first one he’s thirteen with an Afro.

From "The Hate U Give" by Angie Thomas

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

The other two, black T-shirts and black berets over Afros.

From "One Crazy Summer" by Rita Williams-Garcia



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