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How hair is used by Nigeria's Yoruba women to pass messages

The Cultural Frontline

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Novelist Ayobami Adebayo gives us a peek into why a hairstyle tells a thousand words in Nigeria’s Yoruba culture. One style in particular means 'Turn your back on your husband'. It was used by Yoruba women to make it clear to their spouses that they were very upset. 'It was a declaration of war'

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