After Chris got them started, though, everyone realized how great afros really are. It got to the point where you couldn't even buy orange juice if you didn't have an afro. At one time, however, afros became banned in areas such as Tanzania, because the people didn't like what an afro symbolized. One question that often comes up when people discuss afros is why they are always so poofy, and never flat. The answer comes in the name of an A.F.R.O. For you see, afro is an acronym for Always (never) Flat (hair which is actually) Round Obviously (obviously). No one is completely sure who first named the hairstyle, but Franklin the water buffalo (a popular tv show back in the 20's) has the first recorded use of the word afro. In the show he seems to yell "afro will end it all." We are still not sure what this was supposed to mean. Many people took this message to heart, and starting protesting all over the world. Soon, everyone in the world was either for afros, or against them. This dispute lasted for many years, finally causing World War II. lasting from 1939 to 1945 which involved most of the world's nations, including all of the great powers, organised into two opposing military alliances: those who loved the afro, and those who hated the afro. On June 6, 1944, the Invasion of Normandy (better known as the invasion of the afro-haters) began. This was one step farther to finally eliminating afros once and for all. On August 9, 1945, the U.S. dropped an atomic bomb on Nagasaki. The reason they chose to drop such a bomb, was because of the explosion, and the cloud of smoke. The cloud of smoke was supposed to represent one giant afro disappearing from existence. Many people, however, missed the point that they were trying to make. Soon after, one thing led to another, and people decided that everyone should have the right to choose whether they want to grow an afro or not. And to this day, people are still allowed to choose if they really want an afro or not.
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