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Honoring the inner Head

  A majority of Yoruba women fashion their hair into an assortment of crown-like designs (sometimes adorned with colorful beads) both to honor their inner head and in keeping with the popular adage

"Irun l'ews obinrin -

The hair adds to a woman's beauty".9

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Yoruba Coiffures
Kolese, Ipako Elede, and
Panumo hairstyles
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