{"id":176449914,"date":"2015-02-09T23:33:01","date_gmt":"2015-02-10T05:33:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/?p=176449914"},"modified":"2015-02-09T23:43:14","modified_gmt":"2015-02-10T05:43:14","slug":"video-the-significance-behind-an-iconic-nigerian-hairstyle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/2015\/02\/09\/video-the-significance-behind-an-iconic-nigerian-hairstyle\/","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO: The Significance Behind An Iconic Nigerian Hairstyle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/dynamic-africa-logo.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-176449173\" src=\"http:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/dynamic-africa-logo.jpg\" alt=\"dynamic africa logo\" width=\"307\" height=\"267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/dynamic-africa-logo.jpg 307w, https:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/dynamic-africa-logo-300x261.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 307px) 100vw, 307px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"922\" height=\"519\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tqnO3IcTjo4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 36pt;\"><strong>The Significance<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 36pt;\"><strong> Behind An Iconic<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 36pt;\"><strong> Nigerian Hairstyle<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 36pt;\"><strong> Captured by <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 36pt;\"><strong>J. D. \u2018Okhai Ojeikere.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/hair.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-176449973\" src=\"http:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/hair.jpg\" alt=\"hair\" width=\"620\" height=\"413\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/hair.jpg 620w, https:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/hair-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 14pt;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"http:\/\/dynamicafrica.tumblr.com\/post\/75575386998\/j-d-okhai-ojeikere-1930-2014-iconic\" target=\"_blank\">On February 2nd, 2014<\/a>, iconic and world renowned Nigerian photographer Johnson Donatus Aihumekeokhai Ojeikere, more commonly known as\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"http:\/\/dynamicafrica.tumblr.com\/tagged\/J.D.-Okhai-Ojeikere\" target=\"_blank\">J.D. Okhai Ojeikere<\/a>\u00a0passed away at the age of the 83. Ojeikere left behind a legacy as possibly the only photographer to preserve the history and stories behind traditional Nigerian hairstyles as they began emerging in the 1960s, following the country\u2019s independence.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 14pt;\">Here, curator Bisi Silva of the Centre for Contemporary Art in Lagos speaks to the BBC about one of those particular hairstyles, the \u201cOnile Gogoro\u201d, and the meaning behind it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 14pt;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"http:\/\/dynamicafrica.tumblr.com\/tagged\/hair\" target=\"_blank\">More on hair<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&gt;via:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/dynamicafrica.tumblr.com\/post\/102515939258\/the-significance-behind-an-iconic-nigerian\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/dynamicafrica.tumblr.com\/post\/102515939258\/the-significance-behind-an-iconic-nigerian<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; The Significance Behind An Iconic Nigerian Hairstyle Captured by J. D. \u2018Okhai Ojeikere. On February 2nd, 2014, iconic and world renowned Nigerian photographer Johnson Donatus Aihumekeokhai Ojeikere, more commonly known as\u00a0J.D. Okhai Ojeikere\u00a0passed away at the age of the 83. Ojeikere left behind a legacy as possibly the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","_s2mail":"yes"},"categories":[6],"tags":[4,12,11],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176449914"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=176449914"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176449914\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":176449974,"href":"https:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176449914\/revisions\/176449974"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=176449914"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=176449914"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=176449914"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}