Today, we will be talking about hair, African hair, and hairstyles. One of the very common hairstyles used for Afro hair is cornrows. These were worn by women and men of centuries past as seen on Nok sculptures dating back 3rd century AD, Mende masks, Benin Kingdom masks, and are still worn today with great pride. Kings and queens adorned those like crowns. The great Emperor Tewodros II of Ethiopia wore them proudly! Imagine my surprise when I found a website where they had computed the way cornrows are made. Cornrows use about 4 geometrical concepts: translation, rotation, reflection and dilation. The styles are numerous ranging from simple linear compositions to complex curves and spirals. Check out this website and learn about the mathematics behind cornrows! Enjoy!
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Wow! Who would’ve thought there were any calculations behind the cornrows. Thanks so much for sharing! Will likely reblog too.
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Thanks Skatsz! Really, who would have thought so?
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That’s great. I would’ve never thought about a math aspect to cornrows, but that’s really cool!
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Yes… in some cases, particularly in latin America, African slaves made escape maps on their braids… they braided the maps for their escape on their hair as a style. Interesting right?
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Definitely. That is ingenious on so many levels!
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