In a space where liberation and community thrive, Grenada’s Spicemas is a powerful platform for Black women’s expression and ...

But the Johannesburg resident is not alone - the condition affects one-third of women of African descent, according to a study in the medical journal Clinical, Cosmetic and Investigational ...

Indigenous Kutchhi women wear clothes adorned with such mirror ... were upset over model Karlie Kloss wearing a Red Indian head dress at the Victoria’s Secret Runway Show, or when Valentino ...

It's late at night, deep in the East African bush ... women divide into separate groups. The women sing while the men, one at a time, don a feathered headdress and tie bells around their ankles ...

Women leaders at both African and local levels, including figures like the late Wangari Maathai, have been instrumental in de ...

Experts say one of the reasons is the threat from public health measures that discourage unnecessary contact during disease ...

Her fascinating new book, “Beyond Vanity: The History and Power of Hairdressing” (MIT Press, out Tuesday), untangles the ...

Cole Harrell has been dealing Sub-Saharan African art for more than a decade ... by a Baga sculptor. Baga Headdress, D'mba Yamban, Baga, Guinea, Wood, organic pigment A catalogue essay by ...

Under slavery, African American women were encouraged to have children to increase a plantation owner's wealth. After the Civil War, when African Americans were no longer valuable property ...

Unesco’s ‘intangible cultural heritage’ list brings local traditions to the world’s attention. How well does it protect them?

Jones, whose research focuses on how Black women and children respond to microaggressions ... "If I wear a headwrap or African headdress, my appearance is always up for discussion," the junior ...