I will say this as an African, i got to a point where I stopped following hair advive from AA people (who are not professional stylists, even then with a grain of salt.) I think that since subsaharan hair experiences equitorial sun throughout, it tends to get stronger with vitamin D and all that. Our hair also rarely experiences heat damage since we rarely if ever, flat iron our hair. Flat irons are mostly reserved for wigs. Also from a young age we get onto a hair routine that you likely stick to for the first 20 yrs of your life before you get into weaves/wigs so your curls have more time to be them. It's not heaven though texturism is rampant😢 but hey to each their crown

If we’re the first people created on this earth then I’d say “it starts even tighter than so called 4C” . We are 1A actually.

I'm convinced there are millions of different types of kinky coily hair.

You didn’t even say these tighter/coilier textures were harder….not one single time….you said they were different. Why does different always automatically mean harder for texturists? Like we don’t understand the basic definitions of ‘hard’ and ‘different’, so we must’ve misspoke. You said what said what said.

I saw a TikTok where there was an African girl agreeing and yet still ppl were in the comments trying to find something wrong. I tagged you so many times I just had to block the video lol

I’m Nigerian and in my family we all have different tight coil patterns. None of our hair looks or acts the same. But they’re all beautiful and unique. We should all love and appreciate the uniqueness of our hair. Thanks for this video

That would makes sense being that a lot of African Americans have European blood due to mixing. I know I have a good 12% according to Ancestry DNA. Im 4C/4B and a tiny bit of 4A in my nape

My ex husband is Jamaican and I had boys and the both had different type curl patterns but it is very coiled and my grand kids have a very thick curl pattern as well.

And this was supposedly offensive? Wow.

Oh wow!😮 I believe you!

When I saw this I was like...uh oh....lol! I watch African KZfaqrs. From Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa. I already knew that their approach, to hair, is completely different from black Americans. I'm black Caribbean and the few KZfaqrs from there also have a different approach to hair. For starters, it's too dang hot for me to be wearing wigs in the Caribbean all of the time!! Growing up unless I was at the beach, my hair was up!

Wow never heard Tougher being used that’s a new one

As a Ghanaian, I believe what you're saying. Most of the population of Ghanaians I see around me have permed their hair because that's what their parents did from very little because they couldn't handle their "kinky" hair. I used to perm my hair for about 10 years and my hair was never permed or relaxed, and I used to perm my hair every month and use A LOT of perming creams at salons, never any DIY perming activities. There are so many salons here who don't work with natural hair in Ghana and there can be about 4-5 salons on a street. IDK why people are up in arms about this video. As a country, "the natural hair movement' is about 5-6 years old where people are transitioning to natural hair and wearing it out and even that's still a small percentage of the population. Most natural hair people are in locs or are always in one "protective style" or another. Anyway, I don't know how to end this but since I started watching your channel, I've been more conscious about how people wear their hair around me and this is me speaking as a Ghanaian living in Ghana.

I mean we're not the same, we're very similar but not the same. We have generations between us so yeah it starts showing in our phenotypes.

Its tiktok culture thats the problem, i made one little comment and somehow started WW3 w 0 followers🤣

"watered down" is nasty work And the whole ass truth lmao

I’ve often wondered about that. Another question- do they have several grades of hair on their heads. Most of us have at least two.

Eat em up Narada!

Nigerian her I’m my neighbors designated‘stylist’ we call it 4z hair coz it’s so tightly coiled

I still use the curl type system but mainly to find products well-suited for Afro-textured hair. I’m aware that categorizing ourselves as either 4a, 4b, 4c and beyond is a bit trivial. However, the curl type system allows me to not waste as much time and money going through hair products/ tools whose “target” audience is individuals with straight or wavy hair. I personally have hair that is kinky and very dense; most products at the supermarket are not a good match for my hair - even some products intended for natural hair. lol I know this hair type system isn’t the most accurate or precise but it helped me tremendously.

Thanks for talking about this....as a Ugandan I think I don't see some of our curl patterns on these streets Sometime I feel left out as I watch natural hair videos And do you know what most of us say......???? That afro American hair has been changed by the climate over there and it's not the same as ours

Let me tell you, I used to covet my cousin's hair. Her father is from Ghana, and she inherited his dense coily hair. She hated it because she would get picked on by ignorant people for having "nappy" hair, and my aunt was always running a hot comb through it. This was 40 years ago when we were kids. To this day, she still has the thickest hair I've ever seen. Fortunately now she wears it in a fro, and I'm still over here wishing she would share some of that density with me.

There is so much ignorance, why are they mad at you Christ in heaven. 🤦🏾‍♀️ Africa is a HUGE continent, with even bigger ethnic/genetic/cultural diversity within individual countries. There absolutely are more tightly-coiled and denser hair types than you see on natural hair communities. Just as there are natural "2b" type curls on un-mixed, BLACK Africans depending on their ethnicity. No room for learning or nuance I guess. Smh. Thank you for even mentioning such an often invisible and ignored hair texture.

"Our hair is too diverse to be limited to just a letter and a number." <<< THAT is it right there. Thank you, Love. ❤

What a reach! I have to correct my family members when they use terms like this and they are GROWN. Kinky/coily hair is not “hard”, “tough”, or “rough” and most importantly it’s not “bad”. Ironically, texturism continues to grow in the natural hair community. Our hair is resilient and that’s what makes it good.

It makes perfect sense what you’re saying! Visually just looking at the difference in Black American hair textures and African hair textures you can see the difference in the density and coils!

Our genetics aren't watered down it's just that we are two different people ,but most people refuse to except that fact. On average I've always said west Africans in general have a different texture than black american people .

The comparison is just a shocking

Ma’am, you took such a farrrr left turn you lost. 😅 Turn on the gps and come back. 😂

LOL

Narada, I appreciate you so much!!

My kids are African the strength of there hair is totally different then mines.

Wow! AHG, this post is awesome and so true.Thank you. Can we all just agree to do away with these senseless numbers and letters in reference to hair. It was never a good idea.

Can you do a video showing us examples of differences of American hair vs African Id love to see that you pulled my interest on it now

What could they possibly say?

I love LOVE the excitement in your words when talking about kinky coily hair 🥰 As a First Generation American with Ghanaian parents, I have family members who have the tightest of the tightest coils! Now I know why 4c looked loose to me compared what I’ve seen growing up 😅

I was saying those from the motherland don't throw that creamy crack in their child's hair as soon as they start teething like we do (JK) lol But, they also know how to deal with natural hair because of that too I think. They also know how to braid without gels and excessive heat. I got my hair braided and it looked like they used gel. I only needed to use some mousse and tie it down the whole time.

I've been on natural hair youtube since 2008 and I realized early on that my hair was nothing like what I was seeing online. Interestingly, while I have super tight coils that even stylists are amazed at, I also happen to have low density and fragile strands that break a lot...caused so much frustation for most of my life. I'm lucky to have met stylists recently who speak positively and have told me that I have the perfect hair for twisting. I just have to work with what I've been blessed with!

I have always instinctively known this. And I am not a stylist. You know you're doing something right when your stylist is asking you how you grew out your hair😳. I primarily do my own hair...and I like it that way. I have not steered myself wrong but (some) stylists have, unfortunately.

You said nothing wrong or offensive. 💜

Also the crap we have in our environments and food additives don’t help either. Also the majority of black folks have at last 15-20% European ancestry on average. Curious if there is a relation with that too that limits our full possibilities.

Please tell me you saved a strand of their hair to show in a video. Would love to see that!

This completely defines my daughter's hair. I'm a Black American, but her father is from Ghana and her hair is astounding! The coils are so tight and so strong and resilient. She is on the autism spectrum so its hard to do much of anything without her cooperation. But I am truly in awe of its beauty. Great video thanks for the fresh perspective!

This girl was so bitter and butthurt 😂

I really like how you speak about hair. Youve shown me that a lot of things we have/hear complaints about have a function and strength to it and thats the real key to reframing the way we think about and appreciate hair

I actually heard this on TikTok and I was like no 😮no 😮😂😂😂but I see it now 🥴🤷🏿‍♀️🤣😊

I have been a supporter of you for almost a year now & I am a first-generation American who comes from Nigerian/Sierra Leone immigrant parents. When I first watched your video, I did not see ANY malicious intent, you were speaking facts. Although I wouldn't say my hair or mys sisters is the kinkiest and I have cousins who live in Africa who have "3A-3B" hair, I also have cousins who have kinky kinky hair like you were speaking of! Even my brother has very course hair that I just cant explain and its down to has back because of putting it in twists. It's always people and commenters that twist your words and try put us against each other & thats NOT your fault 😭! Im tired of you taking the heat & you should not take the heat in this diaspora mess. Anyway, hopefully once I graduate college I can take a flight so I can get my hair done by you!

Love this! Black is beautiful!

People get upset about anything, especially the truth. Ty for sharing your insight.

Well said ❤