Black women’s metaphorical pledge of allegiance to braids dates back thousands of years. In the 60s, advancements in polymer technology (the manufacture of materials such as plastics, paints, rubber, ...

In July this year, New York joined California as the second state in the US to ban racial discrimination on the basis of natural hair textures. Now there are petitions to bring this law to the UK.

And this isn't a coincidence. While advancements in depicting straight hair have been happening by leaps and bounds, Black hair animation has been stuck, until now. A.M. Darke, an artist, game maker ...

2009's Good Hair was "prompted by Rock's daughter approaching him and asking, 'Daddy, how come I don't have good hair?' ", according to a synopsis Chris Rock previously made a documentary about ...