Most people call African braid hairstyles cornrows or canerows, even though they come in different styles. People use beads, ...

Beads and braids are a match made in heaven why? Because they look so darn good together and besides, it is an old tradition that was practiced by African women. And now that the natural hair ...

I'd sit between my Mom's legs as she strung white beads on my braids in pearly white rows ... "Do not be fooled by the futuristic appearance of African hairstyles," author and journalist Emma ...

African American hair braiding styles became a secret language. Enslaved people weren’t allowed to read or write, so they communicated in other ways — including through their hair. Braids were ...

Ha said these African-style hair braids require braiders to learn intricate techniques that involve lines of hair tightly braided against the scalp, instead of merely at the ends of the hair as ...

To playwright Jocelyn Bioh, the African ... Hair is demonstrably an art and a craft shown through the cast’s fashionable ’dos including zig-zag cornrows, pink and blonde braids with puffs ...