A Louisiana woman has set a Guinness world record for having the largest afro on a living person, and it's not her first time doing it. Aevin Dugas, 47, has an afro measuring 9.84 inches tall, 10.24 ...

The start of a new year often arrives with a quiet urge to reset, refresh, and show up a little differently. For many women, that shift begins with hair. Short natural afro hairstyles are stepping ...

Listed in the Guinness World Records, her afro is far from being an aesthetic "attraction" or an object of curiosity. Beyond its gravity-defying size, her afro is also her most beautiful crown.

Jessica L. Martinez's hair measures 11.42 inches tall, 12.2 inches wide and 6 feet, 2.87 inches in circumference She told PEOPLE in an exclusive interview, "The things that make us different and ...

As Africans, you’d think that we would be more appreciative of how our hair grows and encourage the young ones to keep it that way but that's not the case. Students are often required to cut their ...

When Cynthia Collazo Pacheco was a 5-year-old girl growing up in Puerto Rico, she begged for a perm. After being called names like “monkey” in school, she’d come to think of her natural Afro-textured ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I tell stories about creating environments that empower everyone. An August 2025 experiment highlights the disparities in how AI ...

Stigmatisms of Afro hair has been rife across media for decades. The misrepresentation and mischaracterisation of Afro hair being perceived as scruffy or unkept - generally from the wider European ...