Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. For many women with Afro-textured hair, summertime means scouting out the perfect braids. Hotter weather calls ...
"Can I touch your hair?" "How long does it take to get it like that?" "OMG, your hair is amazing!" Not a day goes by when someone, usually a stranger, utters one (or all three of those phrases) after ...
London-based hair and beauty journalist Sue Omar is hell-bent on celebrating the black woman's crowning glory: her hair. She is exploring the mystique of Afro hair in a special six-part series for ...
At a time when Black and marginalized groups are under attack, Adiba Nelson drops a children’s book that reinforces Black aesthetics and identity. The Afro-Latina author does this through the eyes of ...
Unlike her peers in Beijing, hairdresser Ruth Wanu Waweru from Kenya tends not to cut, dye or perm hair. Instead, she braids her clients' locks. Ruth has been working for a hair salon in Beijing for ...
Jocelyn Bioh’s comedy – following a day in the life of a Harlem braiding salon – is filled with humour and hijinks ...
Jaja’s African Hair Braiding review: Vividly sketches in unseen lives - 3/5 This show at the Lyric Hammersmith is a likeable ...
Zainab Jah and Sewa Zamba in Jaja’s African Hair Braiding, © Manuel Harlan. Jocelyn Bioh’s Tony Award-winning Jaja’s African Hair Braiding is a hilarious and moving play, t ...
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