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Old 04-21-2011, 10:21 AM   #35
DanaC
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It was used as a racist term I'm pretty sure.

The name was given to the Hadendoa because of their elaborate hairstyles (according to wiki), by the British. So it's a descriptive name used by the imperialist brits to describe a native people. Seems not too far from calling someone 'nappy head'.
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