Fed up by a lack of representation, six women started their own platforms for curly hair-care tips and inspiration. The founders of API Curls, Made by Radw, and more share their stories.
The new generation of Black women music artists are adding to the canon of Afrofuturism, in a landscape that allows them to do so more freely than ever. Writer Treye Green explores Afrofuturist aesthetics in their fashion and beauty choices, and the conditions under which they are thriving today.
South African activist Zulaikha Patel made headlines five years ago when she led the protests against her high school, Pretoria Girls School, which banned students from wearing their full-on Afros. Now, Patel discusses the fight that lays ahead as we march on to push back against hair-based discrimination around the world.
Centuries of colonization have lead many people in Latin America to grow up without knowing their African ancestry. But now, that's finally changing. Five Afro-Latinx people tell personal stories of how they've come to embrace their Black heritage.