How braids shape culture over centuries - WNKY News 40 Television

How braids shape culture over centuries - WNKY News 40 Television

BOWLING GREEN, KY.- For centuries, braids have been rooted in African history and used for communication, survival, and cultural identity among enslaved people. “It assumes a different meaning, but here it is important,” Andrew Rosa, an Associate professor at WKU, said. “It has a lot to do with social stratification in West Africa, and this kind of and within the context of the Americas, especially the development of racist slavery, here was a w…