cornrow

But some rap artists simply turn to girlfriends, wives or female friends to cornrow their hair.

Some braiders cornrow too tightly and the hair breaks, he said, but at Mali, "I never have to worry."

The latest Junior Girl Scout Handbook has tips on how to cornrow hair, interpret fashion magazines' unreasonable images of beauty and relate to boys.

Edin, who is white, lets it drop that she has two adopted daughters, one who is African-American ("I didn't know how to cornrow when I got her") and one who is half African-American and half Puerto Rican.