Pictured Nelson Mandela by Fred Martins. Artist Fred Martins has used the image of the Afro comb to celebrate key African and African-American activists who were jailed fighting for freedom and equality. With a 6,000 year history - the ubiquitous Afro comb - has had global cultural influence. Afro combs date back to ancient Egypt, where a 5,500 year old Ivory Afro comb was excavated from a grave at a cemetery in Abydos, Egypt. Others have been found in the ancient cities of Kemet and Nubt (Naqada), Egypt.
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