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'''Cornrows''' (also called '''canerows''') are a style of three-strand [[Braid (hairstyle)|braid]]s in which the hair is braided very close to the scalp, using an underhand, upward motion to make a continuous, raised row.[{{Cite web |title=cornrow (noun) |url=https://www.oed.com/dictionary/cornrow_n |access-date=2024-02-27 |website=Oxford English Dictionary}}] Cornrows are often done in simple, straight lines, as the term implies, but they can also be styled in elaborate geometric or curvilinear designs. They are considered a traditional hairstyle of [[African Braiding|African braiding]] practice in many [[Culture of Africa|African cultures]], as well as in the [[African diaspora]].[{{Cite journal |last=Baron |first=Robert |date=2010 |title=Sins of Objectification? Agency, Mediation, and Community Cultural Self-Determination in Public Folklore and Cultural Tourism Programming |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5406/jamerfolk.123.487.0063 |journal=The Journal of American Folklore |volume=123 |issue=487 |pages=63–91 (89) |doi=10.5406/jamerfolk.123.487.0063 |jstor=10.5406/jamerfolk.123.487.0063 |issn=0021-8715|url-access=subscription }}][{{Cite thesis |last=Essah |first=Doris S. |title=Fashioning the Nation: Hairdressing, Professionalism and the Performance of Gender in Ghana, 1900-2006. |date=2008 |hdl=2027.42/60728 |degree=Thesis |url=https://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/handle/2027.42/60728 |language=en-US}} p. 221.][{{Cite journal |last=Leong |first=Nancy |date=2021 |title=Enjoyed by White Citizens |url=https://www.law.georgetown.edu/georgetown-law-journal/wp-content/uploads/sites/26/2021/08/Leong_Enjoyed-by-White-Citizens.pdf |journal=Georgetown Law Review |volume=109 |issue=1421 |pages=1430}}] They are distinct from, but may resemble, [[box braids]], [[Dutch braid]]s, melon coiffures, and other forms of [[Braid (hairstyle)|plaited hair]], and are typically tighter than braids used in other cultures.[{{Cite web |last=Underwood |first=Khalea |date=2019-08-24 |title=Cornrows, Braids, Twists, Oh My: How To Spot The Difference In Braiding Styles |url=https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/braids-hairstyles-differences |access-date=2024-02-27 |website=Refinery29}}] |
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'''Cornrows''' are a style of three-strand [[Braid (hairstyle)|braid]]s in which the hair is braided very close to the scalp, using an underhand, upward motion to make a continuous, raised row.[{{Cite web |title=cornrow (noun) |url=https://www.oed.com/dictionary/cornrow_n |access-date=2024-02-27 |website=Oxford English Dictionary}}] Cornrows are often done in simple, straight lines, as the term implies, but they can also be styled in elaborate geometric or curvilinear designs. They are considered a traditional hairstyle of [[African Braiding|African braiding]] practice in many [[Culture of Africa|African cultures]], as well as in the [[African diaspora]].[{{Cite journal |last=Baron |first=Robert |date=2010 |title=Sins of Objectification? Agency, Mediation, and Community Cultural Self-Determination in Public Folklore and Cultural Tourism Programming |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5406/jamerfolk.123.487.0063 |journal=The Journal of American Folklore |volume=123 |issue=487 |pages=63–91 (89) |doi=10.5406/jamerfolk.123.487.0063 |jstor=10.5406/jamerfolk.123.487.0063 |issn=0021-8715|url-access=subscription }}][{{Cite thesis |last=Essah |first=Doris S. |title=Fashioning the Nation: Hairdressing, Professionalism and the Performance of Gender in Ghana, 1900-2006. |date=2008 |hdl=2027.42/60728 |degree=Thesis |url=https://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/handle/2027.42/60728 |language=en-US}} p. 221.][{{Cite journal |last=Leong |first=Nancy |date=2021 |title=Enjoyed by White Citizens |url=https://www.law.georgetown.edu/georgetown-law-journal/wp-content/uploads/sites/26/2021/08/Leong_Enjoyed-by-White-Citizens.pdf |journal=Georgetown Law Review |volume=109 |issue=1421 |pages=1430}}] They are distinct from, but may resemble, [[box braids]], [[Dutch braid]]s, melon coiffures, and other forms of [[Braid (hairstyle)|plaited hair]], and are typically tighter than braids used in other cultures.[{{Cite web |last=Underwood |first=Khalea |date=2019-08-24 |title=Cornrows, Braids, Twists, Oh My: How To Spot The Difference In Braiding Styles |url=https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/braids-hairstyles-differences |access-date=2024-02-27 |website=Refinery29}}] |
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The name ''cornrows'' refers to the layout of crops in corn and sugar cane fields in the [[Americas]] and [[Caribbean]],[{{cite book |author=Charlotte Mensah |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=a67ODwAAQBAJ&pg=PT42 |title=Good Hair: The Essential Guide to Afro, Textured and Curly Hair |date=29 October 2020 |publisher=Penguin Books Limited |isbn=978-0-241-98817-6 |page=42}}] where enslaved Africans were displaced during the [[Atlantic slave trade]].[Quampah, B., Owusu, E., Adu, V. N. F. A., Agyemang Opoku, N., Akyeremfo, S., & Ahiabor, A. J. (2023). "Cornrow: a medium for communicating escape strategies during the transatlantic slave trade era: evidences from Elmina Castle and Centre for National Culture in Kumasi". ''International Journal of Social Sciences: Current and Future Research Trends'' (IJSSCFRT), 18:1. pp. 127-143.] According to [[Black people|Black]] folklore, cornrows were often used to communicate on the [[Underground Railroad]] and by [[Benkos Biohó]] during his time as a slave in Colombia.[{{Cite web |last=Irbahim |first=Nur |date=2022-03-12 |title=Did Braiding Maps in Cornrows Help Black Slaves Escape Slavery? |url=https://www.snopes.com/news/2022/03/12/maps-cornrows-black-slaves-escape/ |access-date=2024-02-27 |website=Snopes}}] They often serve as a form of [[Black pride|Black self-expression]],[{{Cite journal |last=Dash |first=Paul |date=2006-01-31 |title=Black hair culture, politics and change |url=http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/13603110500173183 |journal=International Journal of Inclusive Education |language=en |volume=10 |issue=1 |pages=27–37 |doi=10.1080/13603110500173183 |issn=1360-3116|url-access=subscription }}] especially among [[African Americans]],[Spellers, R. E. (2000). ''Cornrows in corporate America: Black female hair/body politics and socialization experiences in dominant culture workplace organizations''. Arizona State University. p.iii.] Cornrows are traditionally called "kolese" or "irun didi" in [[Yoruba language|Yoruba]], and are often nicknamed "didi braids" in the Nigerian diaspora.[{{Cite web |last=Kia |first=Kara |date=2021-02-05 |title=It's Time We Ditch the Words "Cornrows" and "Canerows" and Call Them Didi Braids Instead |url=https://www.popsugar.co.uk/node/48148196 |access-date=2024-02-29 |website=POPSUGAR Beauty UK |language=en-GB}}] |
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The name ''cornrows'' refers to the layout of crops in corn and sugar cane fields in the [[Americas]] and [[Caribbean]],[{{cite book |author=Charlotte Mensah |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=a67ODwAAQBAJ&pg=PT42 |title=Good Hair: The Essential Guide to Afro, Textured and Curly Hair |date=29 October 2020 |publisher=Penguin Books Limited |isbn=978-0-241-98817-6 |page=42}}] where enslaved Africans were displaced during the [[Atlantic slave trade]].[Quampah, B., Owusu, E., Adu, V. N. F. A., Agyemang Opoku, N., Akyeremfo, S., & Ahiabor, A. J. (2023). "Cornrow: a medium for communicating escape strategies during the transatlantic slave trade era: evidences from Elmina Castle and Centre for National Culture in Kumasi". ''International Journal of Social Sciences: Current and Future Research Trends'' (IJSSCFRT), 18:1. pp. 127-143.] According to [[Black people|Black]] folklore, cornrows were often used to communicate on the [[Underground Railroad]] and by [[Benkos Biohó]] during his time as a slave in Colombia.[{{Cite web |last=Irbahim |first=Nur |date=2022-03-12 |title=Did Braiding Maps in Cornrows Help Black Slaves Escape Slavery? |url=https://www.snopes.com/news/2022/03/12/maps-cornrows-black-slaves-escape/ |access-date=2024-02-27 |website=Snopes}}] They often serve as a form of [[Black pride|Black self-expression]],[{{Cite journal |last=Dash |first=Paul |date=2006-01-31 |title=Black hair culture, politics and change |url=http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/13603110500173183 |journal=International Journal of Inclusive Education |language=en |volume=10 |issue=1 |pages=27–37 |doi=10.1080/13603110500173183 |issn=1360-3116|url-access=subscription }}] especially among [[African Americans]],[Spellers, R. E. (2000). ''Cornrows in corporate America: Black female hair/body politics and socialization experiences in dominant culture workplace organizations''. Arizona State University. p.iii.] Cornrows are traditionally called "kolese" or "irun didi" in [[Yoruba language|Yoruba]], and are often nicknamed "didi braids" in the Nigerian diaspora.[{{Cite web |last=Kia |first=Kara |date=2021-02-05 |title=It's Time We Ditch the Words "Cornrows" and "Canerows" and Call Them Didi Braids Instead |url=https://www.popsugar.co.uk/node/48148196 |access-date=2024-02-29 |website=POPSUGAR Beauty UK |language=en-GB}}] |
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