I had the afro when I was in high school. I had the…

In Italy, I had an Afro, and a lot of the kids came up and felt my hair. It really was funny. I wish…

— Sugar Ray Leonard

If you are serious about American culture and you are serious about Afro-American culture, you are in a lot of pain. You are not…

— Wynton Marsalis

I might be a Cuban American, but I'm also an Afro-Cuban American.

— Jon Secada

“Appearance His afro is wavy,”

— Canada's Wiki Page on Wikipizzle

“But I like my big Afro. I also liked when my hair was longer and relaxed. I’m happy to have choices. They’re mine to…

— Nicola Yoon

The Afro-American is thus the backbone of the South.

— Ida B. Wells

I was the only black girl at my junior high school. I had an afro, a Jamaican accent, I looked really old.

— Grace Jones

Michael Jackson fundamentally altered the terms of the debate about African American music. Remember, he was a chocolate, cherubic-faced genius with an African American…

— Michael Eric Dyson

“An afro is a poor man’s haircut.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

The mob spirit has grown with the increasing intelligence of the Afro-American.

— Ida B. Wells

My work sometimes can be abstract and appear not to have a direct relationship to Afro-American concerns, but, in fact, it is based on…

— Donald Byrd

A lot of great art comes from the Afro-American male experience. Black men are geniuses, and many times their desperation, their position as being…

— Ishmael Reed

“I hate it when Africans fail to simply celebrate our features, without reminding us of the traumas they carry. Instead of making a contrast…

— Mitta Xinindlu

Who I was was not acceptable to black L.A. youth: the way I spoke and my sense of humor. Everybody else had relaxers and…

— Issa Rae

When I have my Afro and walk down the street, there's no doubt that I'm black. With this [straightened] hair, if I talk about…

— Jami Floyd