"Our research indicates that engaging with the beauty of art can enhance abstract thinking and promote a different mindset to our everyday patterns of thought, shifting us into a more expansive ...

When I was much younger, in my first job working in politics, a senior colleague loudly suggested that I use a "garden rake" to "sort out" my Afro hair. I remember the sting of being singled out ...

Well, aside from their A-List style credentials, they’re all masters of experimenting with the versatility of Afro hair. From blown out disco locks to intricate braids, over the years ...

A group of campaigners has written to parliament this week urging the government to update the Equality Act 2010 to make Afro hair a protected characteristic. The World Afro Day campaign (WAD), which ...

Afro hair should be made a protected characteristic, says a campaign backed by Mel B. The World Afro Day (WAD) group has written to MPs calling on them to amend the 2010 Equality Act to add the ...

Mel B says she was told to straighten her hair for the video of Wannabe - The Spice Girls' break-out hit - because her "big hair didn't fit the pop star mould". But the 49-year-old star said she ...

On September 15, we will celebrate World Afro Day (WAD), set up by Michelle De Leon to ensure that all children learn about and feel positively about their hair types. But ahead of their annual ...

The visibility of these styles is helping to reshape the narrative around beauty standards, making natural hair a celebrated part of modern fashion. The resurgence of Afro hairstyles in Cuba is ...

As a historian and hairstylist, the owner of community salon Rizo Libre wants her services to go far beyond hair. Afro hair is not just a matter of aesthetics and fashion. Enslaved people used to ...

“Styling Identities: Hair’s Tangled Histories” is one of the headiest, hairiest, neatly styled art exhibitions that ... type items are a Black Power “Afro-Pick” from the 1970s and ...

Black History Month is over but exhibitions featuring Black art, history ... of American life and African American people. Known for his book “Good & Bad Hair” and short film “The Meaning ...