Braiding is more than a hairstyle. For generations, African American hair braiding styles have held deep cultural significance, telling stories of survival, status and self-expression. What may seem ...

Braiding is a convenient and stylish choice for moms. The African hair is versatile and can be braided into flamboyant styles. However, a mom might not have a lot of time on her hands. This is a ...

Jordan Rice had never been a customer at an African hair braiding shop in New York. But when she read Jocelyn Bioh’s “Jaja’s African Hair Braiding,” she saw her friends, her family and even herself in ...

Ziomara Asprilla Garcia remembers the click, click, click of her mother’s hands quickly braiding strands of hair and twisting them into neat rows under a mango tree in Colombia. Click, click, click in ...

The show curtain has a picture guide for the uninitiated: box braids, cornrows, micro braids, Ghana braids, tree braids. Even, if you’re lucky and the stylist is in the right mood, kinky twists. All ...

After years of styling hair from her home in Falmouth, a hairdresser is taking the plunge by opening what is thought will be the first Afro braid salon in Cornwall. Sitina 'Sissi' Cherinet, the owner ...

Social media has been a dumpster fire lately as African braid shops continue to be dragged for their alleged mistreatment of Black American customers. But since the braid shop incident in Alabama went ...