He decided to contact Asha, and when she visited Kenya on business eight months later, the chemistry between them was undeniable.A whirlwind romance followed, and within eight months of meeting, Asha and Emmanuel were married in America.
Now, almost two years later, Asha has entrusted the care of her precious dreads solely to Emmanuel.
Emmanuel, who has worked as a hair stylist for 15 years, spends his days lovingly grooming Asha's three-stone dreadlocks.
Asha, who owns her own hair product business, was told by doctors her dreadlocks would paralyse her if she kept on growing them as the weight of her hair is affecting her back.
They take two days to wash and dry and require full-time care and Emmanuel devotes countless hours to their upkeep.He is also growing his own dreadlocks and hopes to become the male record holder in the future.
Asha said: 'My husband helps me with everything with my hair. I'm so spoilt since he's been taking care of it and I've
got totally lazy.
'He will massage my scalp, groom my hair or twist or wash it. He does a really good job of taking care of it so that's a plus.'
The couple have talked about having children in the future, and hope their child will continue their dreadlocks legacy.Asha said: 'If we are blessed with children, no comb is going to go on their head.
'There will be locks straight from birth, however long that takes to come in.
'If we going to be lucky enough to be blessed with a child, it's going to be a cute little Rasta baby.'
Culled from Daily mail.