By the time Diessou Kante opened JolieDen’s Beauty Bar in 2018, she already knew what she didn’t want. She’d spent years ...
To playwright Jocelyn Bioh, the African hair braiders of Harlem are icons. “They’re a large part of the economy of Harlem,” Bioh said of the Manhattan neighborhood. “Those are women-owned businesses, ...
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 ...
Halo Braid, a machine learning–powered braiding device by Harvard alumna Yinka Ogunbiyi, won Harvard Business School’s ...
Hair is sacred to Black women, as are the institutions that shift and mold our tresses, styling them for seasons and occasions. Beauty salons are staples in the Black community, but the braiding shop ...
African American North Side salon specializes in braids, dreads Alice Qualiss learned to braid hair as a girl, living in West Africa. Fifteen years ago, she opened Qualiss African Braiding in ...