Lolly Adefope

When I was in Year 10 I saw a girl on 'X Factor' with a really great, huge afro, so I went to the hairdresser's to get a weave and achieve the same look. She somehow convinced me to get colored extensions that were way too short, so I ended up looking like 'Annie.

Sophie Okonedo

As a child, I certainly wanted to have hair that I could grow long and flip around. I no longer want that. My own hair that I have day to day is a fuzzy afro. And that's who I am.

British Actress

Tim Meadows

I had the afro when I was in high school. I had the flattop during a short period in the early '90s. And I've had different variations of dreadlocks. I'll admit to those!

American Comedian

Edward Enninful

When I was really young, I had an afro and wore pressed jeans and argyle sweaters. In my teens, I moved on to ripped Levi's jeans, white T-shirts, and cowboy boots.

British Designer

A'Lelia Bundles

There are schools that have rules against afro puffs. They say it's distracting. But nobody is saying that about a little girl who has ponytails.

American Journalist

Marc Forgione

I've had every haircut you could possibly imagine: mullet, tail, dreadlocks, afro, crew cut. It's always been an expression of who I am.

American Chef

Grace Jones

I was the only black girl at my junior high school. I had an afro, a Jamaican accent, I looked really old.

Model

Brittany Howard

I once had this massacred afro in third grade. Parts were bigger than others. It was just terrible.

American Musician

Cynthia Bailey

When I rock my signature afro look, I feel like I'm channeling my inner '70s Cynthia.

American Model

Herm Edwards

I used to tell people I was 6-foot-4. And with that afro, I was.

American Coach

The afro is a symbol of ethnic identity and heritage, particularly among the African diaspora.

Cultural Identity

Grew in popularity during the civil rights movement as a statement of racial pride.

Historical Significance

Afros can be styled in various sizes and shapes; it's not a 'one-size-fits-all' hairstyle.

Style Versatility

Prefix 'Afro-' describes someone's heritage linking them to African culture.

Ethnic Descriptors

The term often connects to African-influenced music genres and art forms.

Music and Art

When using 'Afro-' as a prefix, it joins directly to another word without a hyphen.

Prefix Use

 kept my long beard and my afro and my platform shoes -- at the time it was the '70s -- and I walked in, and I sat down and had an interview. And I guess they were hard up for teachers because the supervisor, her name was Anna Aro, said I had the job teaching gifted children.

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