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SUMMARY:Origins of the Afro comb Project:  6000 years of African combs - D
 r. Sally-Ann Ashton
DTSTART:20121022T160000Z
DTEND:20121022T170000Z
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DESCRIPTION:For both men and women\, hair and grooming have always played 
 an important role in the culture of Africa and its Diaspora communities. A
 s well as serving a practical function – that of creating\, maintaining 
 and decorating hair-styles – in both modern and ancient African societie
 s\, hair-combs symbolise status\, group affiliation and religious belief\,
  and are encoded with ritual meaning and properties. In the twentieth cent
 ury\, ‘Afro’ combs have taken on a wider political and cultural messag
 e\, perhaps most notably in the ‘Black Fist’ comb  that references the
  Black power salute\, and which is still  worn by members of the African D
 iaspora as a statement of solidarity and cultural affinity.\n\nThis talk w
 ill offer an introduction to a major research project on African hair comb
 s\, culminating in a special exhibition in 2013 entitled 'Origin of the Af
 ro Comb' . Combining recent archaeological and anthropological research wi
 th oral histories and personal testimonies\, the exhibition and related pu
 blications will trace the history of African hair combs from their earlies
 t appearance in Pre-dynastic Egypt to their re-emergence amongst the Afric
 an Diaspora communities in the Americas\, Britain and the Caribbean.\n\n
LOCATION:Room S1\, Alison Richard Building\, 7 West Road\,Cambridge CB3 9D
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