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Beauty Inspiration: Yemi Alade in African hairstyles

Yemi Alade draws inspiration from all over Africa with her hairdos.

Yemi at The Earthshot Prize event [instagram/yemialade]

Yemi Alade is not called Mama Africa for nothing. She sinks herself and her craft into African culture.

She never misses a chance to represent African culture by her choice of styling and hairdos.

These are a few of her African hairdos we love;

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African threading is done all over African to preserve hair. Yemi Alade wore this hairstyle to meet the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge for The Earthshot Prize event this year.

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Yemi loves to make the typical Fulani women’s braids with hair rolled up in a ball in the middle and braids by the side.

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These knots are a personal favourite of Yemi. She makes Bantu knots in different styles.

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Nothing is more African than having a hair full of beads and cowries

To create the illusion of a fuller natural hair, Yemi uses natural hair extensions.

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History reveals that locs and braids have always been an African thing, and you can always catch Yemi in either of the two.

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