COLORS, August 15, 2019
South African based artist Sho Madjozi shares a vibrant performance of previously unreleased single ‘John Cena’
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Edited by Azizi Powell
Latest revision: May 8, 2021
This pancocojams post presents information and comments about South African singer Sho Madjozi's influence on hairstyles for Black girls.
This post showcases the August 2019 video of Sho Madjozi wearing pink colored weave (fake hair) in her long braid extensions.
This post also showcases a December 2019 real life video of a South African girl who is upset because her newly braided hair isn't styled like Sho Madjozi's hair. Selected comments from that video are included in this post along with excerpts from several South African articles about the influence of Sho Madjozi on South African girls' hair styles.
The content of this post is presented for cultural purposes.
All copyrights remain with their owners.Thanks to Sho Madjozi for her musical and cultural influence. Thanks to all those who are associated with these embedded videos and thanks to the publishers of these videos on YouTube.
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Click http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2020/05/south-african-rappersinger-sho-madjozi.html for the May 2020 pancocojams post entitled "(South African Rapper) Sho Madjozi - "John Cena" (Information, Video, Lyrics + English Translations, & Explanations)".
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DISCLAIMER #1
This pancocojams post shouldn't be interpreted as indicating or suggesting that South African rapper/singer Sho Madjozi was the first person (celebrity or otherwise) to wear colored synthetic hair in her braids.
There are videos of other people with that hairstyle before Sho Madjozi's 2019 "John Cena" YouTube video.* However, as the articles and discussion threads I have quoted in this post indicate, it's accurate to credit Sho Madjozi for popularizing that hairstyle in South Africa.
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*For example, in a brief review of YouTube tutorials for Black females' braid hairstyles and YouTube photograph compilations of Black females' braid hairstyle styles, I found this June 28, 2017 video "How I did my Daughter Box Braids" that shows the young girl with "rainbow" box braids: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Isx6wk9oJ4&ab_channel=Tish%27sLifestyle
I also found this Jul 4, 2018 YouTube photograph compilation entitled 40 Amazing Braided Hairstyles for Black American Women: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_ykIismF4g&ab_channel=JessyStyles. That compilation includes a number of hairstyles that include synthetic color braids.
This post isn't meant to be a definitive statement about hairstyles in South Africa, in the United States, or elsewhere.
I'm not a hairstylist. Additions and corrections are welcome.
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PANCOCOJAMS EDITOR'S NOTES
Sho Madjozi also has worn her hair in multiple braids with different color cowrie shells sewed into the ends of those long braids, but that's not the hairstyle that South African commenters [in the discussion thread of Video #2 in this post] are talking about their daughters wanting.
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On a personal note, my seven year old granddaughter sometimes wears one color or two colors feed into her box braided* hair (extensions). My granddaughter had been asking for this hairstyle, but my daughter wasn't going to allow her to wear weaves until she was age ten. However, since my granddaughter has had to give up so much during this pandemic, my daughter relented because she decided that this was something easy that her daughter could look forward to. When my granddaughter wears this hairstyle, she wears one or two colors that my daughter interweaves with her hair so that you can see her daughter's black hair color.
Although my daughter and granddaughter are familiar with Sho Madjozi's "John Cena" video, they don't call that colored weave hairstyle "Sho Madjozi". I don't know if anyone in the United States does.
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*Here's an excerpt about "box braids" from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Box_braids
"Box braids are a type of hair-braiding style that is
predominantly popular amongst black people (people of African descent). This
type of hairstyle is a "protective style" (a style which can be worn
for a long period of time to let natural hair grow and protect the ends of the
hair) and is "boxy", consisting of square-shaped hair divisions. Box
braids are generally installed by using synthetic hair which helps to add
thickness as well as helping the natural hair that is in the braid. Because they
are not attached to the scalp like other similar styles such as cornrows, box
braids can be styled in a number of different ways. The installation process of
box braids can be lengthy, but once installed they can last for six to eight
weeks. They are known for being easy to maintain.[1][2]
[...]
History
Hair-braiding styles were used to help differentiate tribes,
locations, and also possibly a symbol of wealth and power due to the amount of
effort that went into styling braids.[3] Box braids were not given a specific
name until the 1990s when popularized by R&B musician Janet Jackson, but
have been used for years. This style of braiding comes from the Eembuvi braids
of Namibia or the chin-length bob braids of the women of the Nile Valley from
over 3,000 years ago.[3] The mothers in the tribes would teach their young
daughters how to braid each other's hair, and this became a social activity for
the tribes.[4] Box Braids are also commonly worn by the Khoi-San people of
South Africa[5] and the Afar people in the horn of Africa.[6]"....
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The statement about Janet Jackson probably refers to the hairstyle that she wore and popularized in the 1993 movie Poetic Justice. She co-starred in that movie with the highly regarded rapper Tupac.
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"Feed in braid with color extensions" appears to be the most often used description that I found on YouTube for the hair styles that are the focus of this pancocojams post. Some of the videos are of Black girls/women and some are of White girls/women. Here are two YouTube video examples:
"Pink & Purple Knotless Box Braids | Little Girl Box Braids | How To Do Knotless Braids" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ei7uhzjFUeI&ab_channel=XaraFiore. published by Xara Fiore, Jul 26, 2020.
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TWO ARTICLE EXCERPTS ABOUT SHO MADJOZI'S HAIRSTYLES INFLUENCING SOUTH AFRICAN GIRLS
Excerpt #1
From https://citizen.co.za/lifestyle/entertainment/celebrity-news/2372376/moms-heres-how-you-can-recreate-sho-madjozis-new-hairstyle/ By Thami Kwazi", 19 Oct 2020
"The Huku singer has perfected the art of the cornrow, and
she is a style trendsetter who's often seen wearing different styles of
cornrows.
Wearing a new style often referred to as straight-up, the singer attached colourful beads to the ends which had all hairstyle followers asking about the beads she used. Parents were all over her posts asking where they can get the beads or have the style done.
The cornrow style can be achieved with or without hair extensions and the recommended length of time that it should be kept in is two weeks. Due to the nature of styling in Mzansi salons, many moms who follow Madjozi’s styles prefer to have their daughters’ plaited by informal hairstylists who mainly gather on street squares running makeshift salons.
The advantage of this is informal street stylists are versed in many forms of plaiting and price is negotiable. A child’s style will never cost more than R100, and it’s likely to stay at R80 depending on the size of the cornrows. If using extensions, parents are asked to buy their own hairpiece adding more work for them.
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The easiest solution for moms who would rather have a qualified professional
tend to their child’s hair, is to go to a formal salon such as Sorbet,
Candi&Co, or Lajawi hair in Midrand or Bryanston which now has a specialist
children’s salon that caters to little people and their parents.
Salon owner and lead stylist Jawad, who’s partnered up with another salon to open Royal Kids powered by LaJawi, says the kids’ natural hair market is huge.
“Sho Madjozi’s braids are the most requested among little
girls and their moms,” says Jawad, adding natural hair is the healthier way to
grow hair and just requires a switch-up every few weeks.”…
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The term "hairpiece" appears to mean something different in the United States than it does in South Africa (based on the discussion thread comments given in this post). Also, I don't believe that the term "straight up" that is mentioned in Excerpt #1 below is used in the United States.
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Excerpt #2
From https://www.iol.co.za/lifestyle/style-beauty/hair/our-kids-have-been-influenced-sho-madjozi-changes-up-her-braids-just-in-time-for-school-holidays-d8fe2251-15ae-4e0b-b2f2-4197b5a54 "Our kids have been influenced: Sho Madjozi changes up her
braids just in time for school holidays" By Lifestyle Reporter Time of article published Oct 19, 2020
She’s become the biggest influencer for little girls when it comes to braids. In most cases, hair stylists are happy to oblige.
With school holidays around the corner, the “John Cena” rapper has braided her hair in a fun, playful style – something that can be easily replicated by her little fans.
Taking to Twitter, Madjozi shared a video of herself with her new hairstyle.
But there is one catch. It took her three hours to sew in each cowrie shell, she admitted.
[Video insert of Sho Madjozi with her hair with no colored weave, but with small plastic cowrie shells in different colors at the end of many braids.]
This wasn’t lost on Twitter folk. Many parents shared their frustrations with the rapper, saying that their kids would want the same style.
“Sesi our kids are going to nag us hle,” said one mom.
“There's a war brewing between kids and their parents
wanting another Sho Madjozi hairstyle,” mentioned another user.”…
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VIDEO #2
Mzansi's Greatest Family, December 25, 2019
Sho Madjozi's hairstyle almost ruined our Christmas 🤣🤣🤣
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Selected comments from this video's discussion thread (with numbers added for referencing purposes only.).
1. mega yeti, 2019
"Cut someone give us a English summary 😅"
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2/ Mzansi's Greatest Family, 2019
"family about to go out for Christmas
gathering and the daughter Momo doesn't want to go because the hairstyle isn't
the right one, She wants Sho Madjozi (the artist) hairstyle 😂😂
momy and daddy trying to convince her that it is the rightful one."
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This Black South African family appears to be middle class, if not above middle class. One clue is that the father is filmed parking his Land Rover [SUV] and rushing into his home to see what is wrong with his daughter Momo. Momo appears to me to be five or six years old. In the United States, her hairstyle would be described as box [?] braid (extensions) worn as a long pony tail with some colored beads attached to a few of those individual braids. This is definitely not the Sho Madjozi style of one or more color braid extensions plaited into a person's hair.
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3. lilian lilly, 2019
"Someone translate please. I only know sho madjozi"
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4. hope boledi, 2019
"The kid want mixed colours hairpiece especially pink one like sho majozi"
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5. Nothando Bontle, 2020
"The kid wants the Sho majozi hairstyle😅"
6. Swt Koey, 2019
"Raise your hand if you only understand Sho Madjozi part"
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7. waithira mburu, 2019
"😅 😅 😅 😅 😅"
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8. Zaakir Jardine, 2019
"Lol I’m assuming she wants her hair to be like Sho Madjozi? Aaah cmon 😌get it for her."
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9. Keisha Lombe, 2019
"🙋♀️🙋♀️🙋♀️🙋♀️😂😂💀"
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10. Mandilakhe Nyokana, 2020
"✋🏽✋🏽✋🏽✋🏽😅😅"
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11. gamer girl, 2021
"🤣🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂😂😂😂🤚🤚🤚"
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12. Confidence Ramohapeloa, 2019
"She wanted the neon colours 😃😃😃 the whole family came to a stand still"
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13. Humbulani Madzena, 2019
"Sho majozi's hairstyle ya tla ya re
bakela
My daughter had the hairstyle for
december and i dont even like different colours on hair but i got home from
work and my child had the hairstyle (her aunt took her the salon without me
knowing)"
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Google translate from Zulu to English: "ya tla ya re bakela" = "it came to us"
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14. Candy Queen, 2019
"Were you angry?"
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15. Humbulani Madzena, 2019
"BlacChoc Chic No i wasn't angry neither was i pleased!"
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16. Vuvu M2, 2019
"I saw this on Twitter and died 😂😂😂
such a great family! Daddy went from not knowing who sho madjozi is to
confirming that this hairstyle is sho madjozi."
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17. That Girl Tee, 2019
"My daughtet! I had to run around town looking for pink hair
piece. She was so excited"
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18. Melba Kamwaza, 2019
"Shes not happy wth the hairstyle shes
saying it dsent look lyk Sho Madjozi's...bt the parents still insists it does..myb she wanted mor colours in it
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19. desre Nkhumane, 2019
"Staged?"
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20. Estelle Kendall, 2019
"desre Nkhumane aww no I don’t think so look at her little face crying 😩🥰 she’s too cute"
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21. Khensani Maswanganyi, 2019
"😂🤣🤣haw mara this
is not Sho Madjozi we ain't going nowhere till she gets Sho Madjozi"
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22. Mxolisi Mxo Skiits, 2019
"This is not sho madjozi hairstyle but
why vele the mama say it sho madjozi hairstyle, nowadays mama they don't know youth hairstyle"
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23. Ayanda Tshatshi, 2019
"😂😂😂😂😂😂😂sho
madjozi is a big influencer bathing"
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"Bathing" is either a typo or it means the same thing as "bathing":
From https://africtionary.com/definition.php?word=Bathong#:~:text=Word%20used%20to%20express%20disbelief%2C%20surprise%2C%20dissatisfaction.
“Country: South Africa
Bathong: Word used to express disbelief, surprise, dissatisfaction.
Bathong, that's so crazy.by: Mr Trends, 30 November 2020”
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24. Queen Magomani, 2019
"😂😂😂😂😂😂So
I’m not the only one going through this.🤣🤣🤣 Sho
Madjozi has caused things."
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25. phindile ndlovu, 2019
"My daughter cried for Sho Madjozi
hairstyle"
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26. Lebogang prudence, 2019
"phindile ndlovu sane here , Sho Majozi has taken over 🤣🤣"
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"sane" = typo for the English word "same".
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27. Nwa MJ, 2019
"Sho Madjozi is killing our kids xem! I
had to through this on my daughter.. I bought her two pairs of sneakers,
Converse n Addidas for my surprise she didn't wear both, she said straight to
my face that she want sho Madjozi's shoes. Mind you I don't know the name I
googled until I found out that it's Nike... Ohhh my God!!! This kids"
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28. Elisa Post, 2019
"I'm so happy to see I'm not the only mother going through
his joh sho Madjozi did something else to our girls wth that song of John cena"
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29. hellen maphalakasi, 2019
"She not the only one crying....i ended up buying my sister
child purple hairpiece cause she refuse to put a black one.....she show me
flames hey"
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30. QWERTY T, 2019
"😂😂😂😂😂Bro
I'm glad sho madjozi's hairstyles didn't trend when I still in school"
31. That Girl Tee, 2019
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32. King Denny X, 2019
"Twitter has spoken.
She's getting her sho Madjozi"
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33. Gugu Mpanza, 2019
"Please guys its December,
do Sho Madjozi style for her please...she wanted pink extensions bakithi plese
"Menzeni Boh" Please🤦♀️🤦♀️ 🙏🙏"
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34. Mzansi's Greatest Family, 2019
"Done 👌"
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Click https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLFXUccAfsM&ab_channel=Mzansi%27sGreatestFamily for a Dec. 29, 2019 Mzansi Family video which shows Momo with her hair styled in green colored "Sho Madjozi" braids.
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35. Gugu Mpanza, 2019
"@Mzansi's Greatest Family Hahahahahahahahaha, I'm happy ke 🤗🤗"
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36. Thobile Mbatha, 2019
"Same thing happened at a salon just
before Christmas in Durban the father had to ask Dat they must re do the
child's braids to sho majozi 😂😂😂coz bundle of joy was
crying n saying it's not sho majozi"
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37. Morongwa Florinah, 2019
"Yooh,!my 4yrs old daughter wanted the pink and purple,
nothing else,,I didn't like those colours but she cried until I allow her to do
it...yoh show majozi"
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38. Reynah Mosoma, 2019
"I also had to go through the same thing with my daughter.
Sho Majozi killed us straight"
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39. Njabulo Shabalala, 2020
"This child needs to no.that there are people starving and sh e wants sho madjozi do you know that it's expensive and she is angrat full"
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40. Sip and Talk with Le', 2020
"This was my sisters daughter December 😂😂😂😂😂
and we just gave her full pink hairpiece coz she kept crying 😂😂😂"
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