{"id":37154,"date":"2014-08-05T14:13:16","date_gmt":"2014-08-05T14:13:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=37154"},"modified":"2014-08-05T14:13:16","modified_gmt":"2014-08-05T14:13:16","slug":"cameroons-first-lady-and-her-hair-have-touched-down-in-d-c","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=37154","title":{"rendered":"Cameroon’s First Lady and her hair have touched down in D.C."},"content":{"rendered":"

The Africa summit is officially underway, which means one\u00a0very important thing for the District: The first lady of Cameroon\u2019s hair is here.<\/p>\n

Chantal Biya\u00a0has single-handedly made mullet the new magnificent. Biya\u2019s bouffant is a beauty school master\u2019s thesis\u00a0in contradictions. Somehow her hair manages to be short\u00a0and<\/em>\u00a0long,\u00a0rebellious\u00a0yet elegant, unruly but controlled.<\/p>\n

And whether she\u2019s visiting the pope or hanging out with Paris Hilton, the 43-year-old\u2019s signature style remains unfazed. Here we humbly submit\u00a0just a small sampling of the many coifs of Chantal. Washingtonians\u00a0should expect to see each and every one around town this week.<\/p>\n

1. Biya sports the I Woke Up Like This look as she steps off the plane at Andrews Air Force base with her husband, Cameroon\u2019s president Paul Biya, on Saturday.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Caption:<\/p>\n
Cameroon President Paul Biya and his wife, Chantal, arrive at Andrews Air Force Base on Aug. 2 for the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit. (Cliff Owen\/AP)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n


\n2. Biya and the Official Business Bob while casting her vote in Cameroon\u2019s 2011 presidential election.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"hair2\"<\/p>\n
Biya holds her voting card at a polling station in Yaounde on Oct. 9, 2011. (Seyllou\/AFP\/Getty Images)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n


\n3. Nobody puts the Orange Pompadour in the corner. Not even Naomi Campbell.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Caption:<\/p>\n
Sarah Brown, second from right, wife of British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, stands beside supermodel Naomi Campbell, center, along with Cameroon first lady Chantal Biya, fourth from left, and other first ladies after Campbell was appointed global ambassador to the White Ribbon Alliance for Safe Motherhood charity during the African First Ladies Health Summit in Los Angeles in 2009. (Mark Ralston\/AFP\/Getty Images)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n


\n4.\u00a0Michelle Obama\u2019s bob meet Chantal Biya\u2019s bobcat.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Obama,<\/p>\n
Obama, right, greets Chantal Biya during a visit to Stone Barns Center. Obama hosted a tour for the spouses of heads of government attending the United Nations General Assembly in New York in 2010. (Stan Honda\/AFP\/Getty Images )<\/div>\n<\/div>\n


\n5. The Holy Father himself isn\u2019t safe.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"hair5\"<\/p>\n
Pope Benedict XVI speaks to Cameroon President Paul Biya as wife Chantal applauds at the international airport in Cameroon in 2009. (Alessandro Bianchi\/Reuters)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

<\/em><\/p>\n

Source:\u00a0washingtonpost.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Africa summit is officially underway, which means one\u00a0very important thing for the District: The first lady of Cameroon\u2019s hair is here. Chantal Biya\u00a0has single-handedly made mullet the new magnificent. Biya\u2019s bouffant is a beauty school master\u2019s thesis\u00a0in contradictions. Somehow her hair manages to be short\u00a0and\u00a0long,\u00a0rebellious\u00a0yet elegant, unruly but controlled. And whether she\u2019s visiting the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":37167,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[7,17],"class_list":["post-37154","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-togbe-afede-xiv","tag-wassa-akropong"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37154","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=37154"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37154\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/37167"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=37154"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=37154"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=37154"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}