Now on stage at La Jolla Playhouse is the play "Jaja's African Hair Braiding" by New York-based playwright Jocelyn Bioh. The play opened on Broadway in 2023, and was nominated for six Tony Awards — ...

Discover how Madam C.J. Walker built a hair-care empire, becoming the first self-made female millionaire and an influential ...

You can make a simple hair mask with African nettle leaves at home. Boil a handful of dried nettle leaves in water until it ...

ATLANTA (AP) — Before the oppressive summer heat descends on Atlanta, therapist Brittanee Sims usually gets her thick, curly hair braided at a salon to preserve her healthy mane. Sign up for our Daily ...

Refilwe Xaba is the founder of GloLooks, a local plant-based haircare range that was grown and nurtured through Refilwe’s ...

For more than 30 years Jabu Stone, founder of Jabu Stone Hair Care, has championed African hair in its natural form. A qualified electrical engineer, he began his hair journey in the late 1970s and ...

In a groundbreaking move at Lagos Fashion Week 2024, Lush Hair Nigeria, a major player in the African hair care industry, introduced its newest product line, “Hair Treatment.” Designed to offer ...

INDIANAPOLIS — Kaylee Thomas knows what it's like growing up as a foster child. "When you go to a foster home, you don't get to bring anything with you. You get to pack something up in a trash bag, ...

For a Black woman, her hair can be her crowning glory, an expression of pride in her appearance. But it can also be something more, something deeper — something rooted in culture and a complicated ...

Amid the Black Lives Matter movement, with protests taking place across the U.S., people are showing their support by shopping at black-owned businesses. However, people are discovering that some hair ...