African American North Side salon specializes in braids, dreads Alice Qualiss learned to braid hair as a girl, living in West Africa. Fifteen years ago, she opened Qualiss African Braiding in ...

Last month the actor was accused of “racially insensitive” cultural appropriation for sporting dreadlocks on Instagram. Many found his “just for fun” locs — a hairstyle associated with black culture — ...

Lin wrote an extremely insightful Players’ Tribune essay explaining why his decision to get dreads was about more than just a hairstyle: Actually, it all started with braids back in Charlotte — not ...