A Legacy: Reviving Rwanda'S Dramatic Hairstyle I Africa Direct Documentary

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Chisomo Khuvulo: I loved this hairstyle once I saw an old picture of a Rwandan man with it. It's so cool it was so futuristic then and still cool now. Love from Malawi

Shafi Kay: Absolutely amazing!, I'm Rwandan but i didn't know the history behind the Amasunzu, I'm glad that I've learned something from the documentary

Rizi Gerald: Great to see Rwandan embracing back that unique fashion hair style.

Zen: Wow! I am Rwandan and i didn’t know the history behind this hairstyle ! I am definitely getting the cut soon I am glad i learned something

Griot Enterprises: I love the simplicity of storytelling in this documentary! It does a lot of showing, without telling, to pass a message. At the beginning, we see Saleh's family life, a hint of his life outside work, in a simple yet effective way with his son (and the implied homecooked lunch ritual). Then we get to see him at work, with nice closeups. The small narrative he lays out about the logic of the paths in the hair is really captivating, leading up to the final shot of the customer confidently walking the streets with his glorious Amasinzi. Kudos to the team behind the video!

Sally Moen: These need to come to the U.S., and the barbers need to be on TikTok showing their work. As a person with completely uncurley hair, I look at these hairstyles with envy!

Mahinda Githaiga: I'm glad to see Africans embracing their natural hair

Hayward Mccullough: Beautiful and a honor to see Rwandan youth taking back their culture! Black America is watching you!

Prince Bubus: Happy to be a Rwandan

Focus On The Positive: I am west African and I am in love with the hair style ❤️

Mujuni Ronald: It's not dramatic but Iconic! Put some Respect on our Rich culture ✌

edan ridge: I’ve been seeing pictures of these for years I was wondering when people in Rwanda would try to bring them back :)

Khanyi Zulu: This is so beautiful! ❤️

Bazongeere / BR: Mutiganda my director! Congratulations brother thanks for this ❤️

Kefilwe Lebepe: This is beautiful. We were people with own identities before we were colonised. I hope to see more of this type of content.

Mohamed Haybe: What You Own will always stay yours as long as you want to keep it. Bravo Rwandans for not Forgetting Their Ancestry Heritage.

22221mm: Thanks for this beautiful documentary.

best lyrics TV: This is real it is our natural haircut style

Octave Ufitingabire: Truly impressive!

Big Boy345: It's not "dramatic", it's TRADITIONAL. If you're going to report on a country's culture and tradition you better respect it or else leave them alone.

Nature: Waoo, African Legacy

Pacgeezy250: Proud To Be Rwandan♥️

MENDEZ APOCCALYPTO: Love it!

O S: Fantastic and beautiful! Everyone should return to pre European styles. The world was much more beautiful and colorful diversified

Born Critic: The story behind the hairstyle Being used as routes during war was the same for runaway slaves in America. Hair braiding and cornrows were used to plot routes when escaping to freedom.

Smith Emile: I love it!

David Muiga: im Kenyan but i love all that is about Rwanda

Montessori With Assiya: I LOOOOOOOVVVVVVVE THIS

Josphat Kariuki: It's avant-garde i love it

Omg Giiirl: A very dignified hairstyle!

Sk level: Have seen @kivumbiKing embracing it also... wonderful keep the culture alive rwanda

Weezy paker: That actually looks cool

allinaday: I wish I could understand the language, because the subtitles are so see through that I cannot read them. I am sorry to miss the stylist’s important history and explanation of the Rwandan hairstyle for warriors .

Bigwi Ketti💫: We call it “Amasunzu”❤️❤️❤️❤️

lynette Washington: I like the haircut and I am from USA

furaha alexis: ❤❤❤❤❤❤

Awdal State of Somalia 🇬🇹: As a fellow Somali brother I encourage Rwanda to go further, share our Cushitic culture,this is a royal heritage.

EyeZ Arc 123: Pray for congo

christian kabandana: amazing

Aurelio Chichava: Iconic hairstyle

Last King: Wait, so the haircuts were military topographical maps? Nice.

Julein Amour: Dramatic seriously???!!!!‍♂️ Of all this try to respect people's culture if you luck one

Vanessa Nyakinyua: The hairdresser looks like Taurus Riley

OST(our senseless toil): What language is he speaking? I'm surprised I understand him though I'm from zambia.

musabamahoro ene serge: this is going to be my next hair cut. big thanks to whole or bringing this on show.

winterbreak: Why does the barber not get that haircut?

Ted Gates: Now i finally know who will.i.am's barber is.

Diblo Kevin:

Teejay Ahmed: When you can look at this hairstyle it is on the wall inside the Pyramid in Egypt

KIGALI NewS:

Mubiru Ivan: I love Rwanda

From the Heavenly Realms: I love it!! Black to their roots.

Enisha Li Howard: The sad part is that BLACK people in the West would mock this hairstyle if they saw it in person

Mc KEN: Byiza cyane

Kim Taylor: Beautiful

NGABO Heritier: Thank u al jazeera

Pha-Da Pha-Da: As a barbar, you need to be an artist

Edmond TWINOBUSINGYE: Marked resemblance to the characteristic terrain (Hills and Valleys) of present day Rwanda, South western Uganda and the adjacent parts of the DRC!

gady tyler: ✊

Emi Gar: This cutting it was not only in Rwanda... It was african cutting for nobely peuple in Africa. ( Est Drc , Burundi, Kenya , Ouganda, some of West Africa also.

Lina IRS: Love to see this

Trey Maxi Official: Why you call it dramatic hairstyle thou?

IRAKOZE Eliane: ❤️❤️

Cape Buffalo:

818 Moreno: Informative, but first two min are pointless.

UnderTheSun: ❤‍

🌎Facts And World Knowledge 🌎: " Dramatic" who come up with this titles?

Mohd A.: Cool! Looks like a Team Galactic Admin lol

Redpill Wolf: Yall better fix the uncomfortable atmosphere hanging in that country Aint nobody waiting for that weirdo cut its past thing we in 2023

Vent Air: TAURUS RILEY is know a rwandese barber

bligz: That hairstyle is ancient Egyptian

Christian Anderson: Sheep will be sheep

Allan Gilbert: Kuko umuco ariwo shingiro! byiza cyane

M Strong: I don't think they did it with a shaver back then, so nothing special

Abu Salman: Happy to be Hutu. Down with Kagame!

In his Presence: Always Hutu leave in bad condition in Rwanda

murasanyi augustine: Iwacu

Leoleo Leo: It's Tutsi Tribe hairstyle not for Hutus Tribe... the hairdresser and the person who gets his hairs done looks like men from Hutus Tribe according to theirs features.

DAHABI ZIZY: It looks awfull

dipaolo: Lol that looks so dumb