The Miss Ivory Coast pageant has banned contestants from wearing wigs and weaves in its preliminary stages, instead embracing ...

Long, flowing wigs and weave extensions have dominated the catwalks of Ivory Coast's massively popular beauty pageants ...

Consumer Reports finds harmful chemicals in popular synthetic hair used for braids and wigs, raising health concerns for ...

Side note; women of different races also wear wigs not just black ... natural hairstyles like afros, braids, Bantu knots, and ...

braids signified status and wealth as they were practiced on wigs created for royalty. In other African cultures, braids served as a form of identification, as different tribes would adorn their ...

Research suggests the synthetic hair used for braiding could be bad for you - but will that stop women using it?

"We want the candidates to be natural - whether with braids or straightened ... celebrating natural African beauty has sparked a lively debate across the country, where wigs and extensions are ...