“These people have been braiding their hair ... Greece with the halo braid in the first century; Native Americans with ...

“Braids in Indigenous communities are a form of resistance ... Cachimuel told Werning in a translated interview. “As people, we’ve endured significant hardships. Now, I teach my children ...

For Latines from the Zapotec of Oaxaca, Mexico to Afro-Latine residents of Loiza, Puerto Rico, braids have deep cultural significance—and special meaning. For so many of us, summertime invokes ...