GUIDE OF SÉDHIOU - Cesie

HAIR STYLES, WIGS AND HATS
Like all the populations
of the Black Africa, the
Senegalese have thick
frizzy hair. Men wear
their hair very short
and they often shave,
also because of the
heat and to maintain a
good hygiene.
Otherwise, they keep
long hair with
dreadlocks, which may
be thick or thin. This
headgear, however, is not too frequent in Sédhiou, while it is
quite widespread in the north of Senegal. There, indeed, the
heat is less intense and the humidity is lower, allowing a wider
developpement of this style. Sometimes, women keep their
hair short like men. More often, when the hair is just a little
bit longer, they make tresses in different styles, often adding
fake hair (extensions). It may be the American style (they’re
quite big) or mèches (more subtle) . The grefages hairstyle
uses Indian hair and works on them in order to obtain a style
that reminds the hair of white people. Life style is similar to
the mèches one, but they are very subtle and are made of real
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