abc7NY

Long Island braiding salon offers customers authentic African hair styles for more than 20 years

BAY SHORE, New York (WABC) -- Long Island's K&D African Hair Braiding salon has been the go-to spot in Bay Shore for 25 years, offering more than 70 African hair braiding styles for customers to ...
News24

Hair Inspo | Koroba braids - the trendy style with African roots

Masasa Mbangeni stunned in these popular braids at the Heart of the Hunter premiere. As did Hope Mbhele and Zozibini Tunzi at the Shaka iLembe Season 2 premiere. They are called ‘Koroba’ braids.
Indiatimes

The hair braids Orry flaunts have a fascinating history with a painful link to African slavery

The popular African braids can be traced back to the times of slavery and were symbols of resilience. Braiding as a form of communication Enslaved African men, women, and children endured the harsh ...
The Daily Beast

Broadway Review: ‘Jaja’s African Hair Braiding’ Has Both Style and Substance

Jocelyn Bioh’s Harlem-set play, bristling with wit and drama, follows the staff and customers of a hair braiding salon as they joke, argue, and try to get those styles just right. Senior Editor and ...
CNN

Army’s ban on dreadlocks, other styles seen as offensive to some African-Americans

The U.S. Army’s new ban on many types of ethnic hairstyles has African-American women who wear their coifs in dreadlocks, braids and cornrows in a twist. The Army’s regulations stipulate such guidance ...