Elaborate designs of braided hair and in a few cases even baldness can be done. Hair styles don't so easily become undone. They don't usually flow like curtains or panels to hide expressions, although this is not totally out of the question. There is also hair that is fine and flowing and needs little or no relaxation to it. These African-Americans may be the most difficult to describe since they have many of the features of traditional heroines.
Occupation is open.
African-Americans occupy all levels of the economic chain in the United States and outside it. From industry Vice Presidents and CEO's of major corporations to social development agencies such as Manpower you can find African-Americans. Setting can be any part of the world. The ethnic books I've read tend to be limited to African-Americans and to the United States or Caribbean Islands. Yet there is a large population of people with West-Indian heritage living in England.