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, ...

Nestled throughout Black neighborhoods, African braiding salons have served as the go-to spot for protective styles. Whether you’re getting traditional box braids or the latest popular bohemian locs, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Tuesday night was a gut punch that left me grateful for live theater. That evening, I had the pleasure of joining the audience at "Jaja's African Hair Braiding," the vibrant comedic play with a big ...