Braiding is more than a hairstyle. For generations, African American hair braiding styles have held deep cultural ...

"I'm a wigs fan. I love wigs," said contestant and make-up artist Astrid Menekou. The 24-year-old told the BBC she was ...

Crystal Aguh, MD, FAAD, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine faculty, advocates for increased funding and education to address hair loss disparities within the African diaspora, emphasizing the need for ...

Mount Airy-based writer Hilary Beard dropped everything to help George E. Johnson write his autobiography. Like many Black ...

George E. Johnson, the man who put black hair care on the map, built a business with profit sharing, health care, and college tuition reimbursement, and his life became iconic, but he never ...

In a historic move, Miss Côte d’Ivoire 2025 is flipping the script, saying “no more” to wigs, weaves, and extensions in their beauty pageant. That’s right —contestants can only showcase their natural ...

Larry Tiah has watched his southeast Cedar Rapids store, Hela African Food Market, grow. The store features a variety of ...

The Grannies International Football Tournament was held in the northern province of Limpopo last week. Read more at ...

Award-winning Ghanaian actress and brand influencer Yvonne Nelson has turned heads after she proudly posted her natural afro ...

It’s pretty normal to find an occasional white or gray strand while styling our hair. If they’re few and far between, you ...

Black hair has always been a target — discriminated against in classrooms, policed as unprofessional in the office, condemned ...

Ahead of the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade on March 24, the ...