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ABSTRACT
Hairdressing is the art of cutting, colouring and styling hair, it involves shaping hair to create different looks and styles. A hairdresser is a trained personal who specializes in styling and caring for hair. Before performing any service, hairdressers consult with clients to understand their desired hairstyle, and maintenance preferences. Different hairstyles communicate information, using the topic a multimodality analysis of Yoruba hairstyle. Multimodality is an aspect of language which uses multiple modes to convey different meaning. That is, it is an aspect of language where images, spoken and written form is use to convey different meaning. Images of hairstyle is a form of multimodality to convey or pass information and communicate meaning. Instead of describing a hairstyle with words, pictures says a lot about the hairstyle. This allows for a more visual and detailed representation, making it easier to understand and appreciate the style. It's like saying "a picture is worth a thousand words". Hairstyle convey different but related meanings depending on their context. The researcher shed light on the history of Yoruba hairstyles, how different hairstyles came to being, the story behind each hairstyle and their significance. The researcher also talked about the different Hairstyling occasion in Yoruba, greetings in Yoruba hair making (as greetings is very important and acknowledged among Yoruba people). The different Hairstyling implement or tools and the taboos of Hairdresser. Hairstyles maintain social category and tradition.
