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Akan hairstyle of Ghana
The porcupine-looking hairstyle of the Akan-speaking women of the then-Gold Coast is notably one of the hairstyles still alive among Ghanaian women. The hairdo, generally made of one’s natural hair, was not just an ethnic symbol by the Gold Coasters of the early 19th century but also the easiest form of identifying the women from the girls in the pre- and post-colonial Ashanti Kingdom.
