Talk:Cornrows

message: Added picture of emperor Yohannes IV of Ethiopia, to examplify the African tradition of braided hair
Dizzee ignorant 21:20, 8 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Added picture

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:The lead sentences says that it's unisex and West African in origin, not that it's unisex in West Africa. --FuriousFreddy 17:24, 23 October 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks for getting back to me. Maybe that's what it's supposed to mean, but that's not what it says. I'll try to reword it a bit; see what you think. BrianSmithson 18:53, 23 October 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: That's a lot better. --FuriousFreddy 19:43, 23 October 2005 (UTC)

text: This may have some parallels with the acceptance of longer hairstyles on men in general—which is a topic I'm going to get around to writing one of these days. Very shortly cropped hair wouldn't be be long enough to cornrow, while, as you suggest, longer styles (whether they grow upwards in an afro or downwards to the shoulders) are more amenable to this sort of management. — Phil Welch 22:04, 1 December 2005 (UTC)

text: Indeed—I'm referring to the length the hair reaches if uncoiled and pulled straight. — Phil Welch Katefan's ridiculous poll 19:11, 2 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Unisex? 

message: This article could really do with a picture. And it shouldn't be that hard to obtain. Anyone with cornrows and a camera who want their face/hair in wikipedia? Shanes 04:06, 10 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  picture 

message: the current closeup is pretty gross.  do we need to see each unkempt strand?  the bo derek photo is a lot nicer, who cares if she's white?
::This is a joke right? Nasty? I think the new image looks beautiful. The woman has thick full hair and it shows the process of creating cornrows. We can keep the image of bo, I guess it shows the influence of African hair styles on the broader global culture. Please sign your post in the fulture. Thanks. futurebird 21:01, 25 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: nasty picture

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message: That hairstyle doesn't look like cornrows. Are there reliable sources that say those are cornrows? EyeTruth (talk) 01:55, 9 December 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: No. Seems more like melon coiffure, which is referenced a lot in articles of ancient Greek/Roman statues. Have clarified in the text. Lewisguile (talk) 14:28, 27 February 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Is that cornrows? 

message: — Assignment last updated by Bigtimenaenae (talk) 18:21, 27 September 2022 (UTC)
thread_title: Wiki Education assignment: Media Innovations

message: I don't know where to start but the conflation of corn rows with European braids is bizzare. Conrows isn't another word for braids. Its a type/types of braiding style by people of African descent. Its also just a style of braids by African descent people as there are different African braid styles as well. All in all, these has nothing to do with Europeans or whatever braids they do. Researcherofgreatness (talk) 19:32, 19 February 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: Noted. Read the updated version and tell me what you think. Lewisguile (talk) 14:29, 27 February 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  This is a badly written Wikipedia page 

message: The CornRow originated in the United States among Black American Saves.  It's not possible for Africans to have invented this stye of braiding and name it such because 1. rows of corn weren't a staple among West Africans & 2. The Englis language wasn't spoken until well after 1860's. shiznaw (talk) 16:18, 29 February 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: Just because it didn't gain its current name until the Americas, doesn't mean it didn't exist. There are lots of African names for cornrows. Also, the Caribbean and South America aren't the US, and they have equal claims. Though, you've reminded me to add them to the page: https://www.popsugar.co.uk/beauty/cornrows-canerows-original-west-african-names-48148196 Lewisguile (talk) 19:52, 29 February 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  CornRow Origination