Isiqephu 1: 1400-1900, I-Trauma yobugqila
Okulandelayo kuphela okukhathazayo abesifazane abamnyama eMelika. Isekelwe kuyi-2001 Hair Story ngu-D.Ayana Bryrd noLori L.Tharp, futhi kufingqiwe yi-blogger I-African American Abagond. Ngakuhumusha ngenjongo yokwaziswa kuphela (ngemvume yomusa), ngoba bonke labo abanjengami bangase bazibuze ngendaba yobuhlobo besifazane waseWestern Black namakhanda akhe afushane.
Abaningi abamnyama eMelika bavelaSub-Saharan Africa. Kule ngxenye yezwe izinwele ziphuma ku-frizzyly wavy futhi ziwuketshezi. Eminyakeni 1400 et 1500kwakukhona zonke izinhlobo zezinwele ezimnandi. Abesifazane base-Afrika babe nezinhlobo ezifanele zamafutha kanye nama-combs ukuze bahlanganise izinwele zabo. Ngokuqinisekile wathatha amahora amaningi, abanye ngisho nezinsuku. Yilapho kuphela abaphosayo nabafelwayo abazange banakekele izinwele zabo.