Bantu knot
noun
a section of hair that has been coiled into a small, tight bun.
Bantu knots
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pluralof Bantu knot.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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The artist’s eponymous 2025 sculpture, crowned with an array of Bantu knots, ties the entire show together, joining materiality, traditional cultural identity, and the outward-looking nature of the exhibition in a single work.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
From their heads sprout Sprite bottle locks, manes made from electrical wire, telephone cord curls and espresso pod Bantu knots.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 6, 2024
In it she slicks her coily hair into Bantu knots, while donning a traditional beaded necklace, with the words, "I am a coloured South African" splashed across the clip like a badge of honour.
From BBC ● Dec. 8, 2023
Prior to that, in the 1990s, the ska artist turned pop star often wore a Hindu bindi and styled her hair in South African Bantu knots.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 11, 2023
Some wore gold-beaded wraps atop their heads; others had hair coiffed into short Afros, Bantu knots, twists, and dreadlocks.
From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray
