Table of Contents:
  • Introduction / Mary Jo Arnoldi
  • Focus on twelve African hats / Mary Jo Arnoldi and Christine Mullen Kreamer
  • Crowning glories : the head and hair / Mary Jo Arnoldi
  • Coiffure moderne : a gallery of African hair styles, 1970-1990
  • Practical beauty : headgear for daily wear ; Spectacular hats for special occasions / Christine Mullen Kreamer
  • Wrapping the head / Mary Jo Arnoldi
  • Yoruba headties / Michael Oládèjo Afoláyan and Betty Wass
  • Lega hats : hierarchy and status / Elisabeth L. Cameron
  • Headdresses and titleholding among the Kuba / Patricia Darish and David A. Binkley
  • Transatlantic infuences in headwear / Christine Mullen Kreamer.