Braiding traditions across the African diaspora both predate and defy the colonial confines set forth to erase and subjugate ...

I can still remember my first day at the AFRO. Did I sleep the night before? Of that, I can’t be sure. What I do remember are the women who welcomed me into Black Press and those who prepared me ...

into International Black Women’s History Month, observed in April, the AFRO is honored to highlight women who are making moves on the medical front. Women are pillars of their family and the ...

A woman with many hats ... the invite for other Black folks to do the same. The Oakland, California, native began her journey with a blog called Outdoor Afro, where she candidly documented ...

Fashion. Hair and makeup. Music and television. Public intellectual discourse. These are all areas where Black women influencers wield significant cultural power. In Buy Black: How Black Women ...

For my PhD in higher education I did an in-depth investigation of the narratives of six black women academics at four South African higher education institutions. For the investigation to be as ...

Then, at 17, she dated a boy who opened her eyes to the ways that Black girls and women are often dismissed and cast aside. “I remember him saying to me that if he brought me home, his grandma ...

The impact of natural hair content has amplified the power in sharing the daily struggles of Black women. The Memphis native ... the visionary behind “World Afro Day” in hopes of creating ...

She was the first Black woman to attend Columbia Law School. In 1964 she became the first African-American woman elected to the New York State Senate. Two years later, President Lyndon Johnson ...

“I want her in an Afro,” dance instructor Abby Lee Miller ... When the episode aired, Frazier heard from many fans, particularly Black women, who were horrified. But she also encountered ...

Prior to the pandemic, afro hair salons were few and far between on UK high streets, dwarfed by salons catering mostly to Caucasian hair types. Despite L’Oréal estimating that Black women spend ...