Khalilah Few, a Black entrepreneur who has run a natural hair business, braiding and styling hair for 20 years, poured her ...

Day 1 of 12 Days of Slay. Black Castor Miracle Braid, Loc & Twist Gel. PHOTO COURTESY OF FACEBOOK Atlanta, GA – African Pride, a ...

As a client leaves Jaja’s African Braiding Salon, newly coiffed after an extraordinary day of immersion into the complicated lives of the braiders, she sighs, “It feels like I moved in for the day.” ...

Jessica “Jess” L. Martinez inherits the world’s largest afro record from Aevin Dugas, celebrating natural beauty and ...

Mini braids are tight and structured with a defined look, with each strand woven neatly from root to tip for a sleek, long-lasting finish. Mini twists, on the other hand, are soft and airy, and look ...

Lorraine Sealey-Ruley is the owner of Island Design Natural Hair Salon at 1410 N. 52nd Street in West Philadelphia. She wants ...

In Salvador de Bahía, one of the 15th century’s primary slave trafficking ports, Afro-tourism has become a pillar of the ...

As women, it’s already a struggle to schedule a hair appointment, but to be accused of not paying for a service and to be held hostage in a salon? Now that is next level. Hoping to leave the braid ...

A Birmingham salon owner and two employees are under arrest after a dispute over the cost of a client’s braids was recorded and went viral on social media. Aissatou Camara, 32, Julia Ondo, 30, and ...

While braids are a popular, universal protective style that has myriad merits and dates back across cultures for thousands of years, getting them is a costly and lengthy process that still takes hours ...