Box braids
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Box braids are a type of hair-braiding style that is predominantly popular among Black Africans and the African diaspora. This type of hairstyle is a "protective style" and is "boxy", consisting of sq
Box braids in Ethiopia
American singer/actress Brandy Norwood with box braids.
Box Braids where replaced with knotless braids for less tension
Dreadlocks
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Dreadlocks, also known as dreads or locs, are a hairstyle made of rope-like strands of hair. Locs can form naturally in very curly hair, or they can be created with techniques like twisting, backcombi
Box braids
…headache. Overly tight braids may cause traction alopecia. Looser braids have a lower risk than tight braids or other styles, such as cornrows and dreadlocks. African hair threading…
Boxers with dreadlocks on a fresco from Akrotiri (modern Santorini, Greece), 1600–1500 BCE
The rapper Mavi wearing dreadlocks
Himba woman with red dreadlocks
Hamar women with red ochre locs