Jaja’s African Hair Braiding will be presented by The Contemporary Theatre of Ohio as part of its current season. The ...

For many Black women, the African hair braiding salon is a space where so much happens; conversations around politics and home life occur, people stop by and sell goods, and interpersonal ...

*Theater enthusiasts in Los Angeles will have the opportunity to experience the vibrant world of Ghanaian culture through the eyes of acclaimed playwright Jocelyn Bioh when her hit play, ‘JaJa’s ...

Earlier this week, we told you about a growing call by some Black Americans online to boycott African braiding shops beginning August 1, citing poor customer service and outrageous policies as a ...

To playwright Jocelyn Bioh, the African hair braiders of Harlem are icons. “They’re a large part of the economy of Harlem,” Bioh said of the Manhattan neighborhood. “Those are women-owned businesses, ...

Hours before she is due on stage, Maechi Aharanwa is playing a different role. Perched on a bar stool at the Citizen M Hotel with the collar of her chambray shirt sticking out of her eggshell pom ...

The cast of Jaja’s African Hair Braiding, written by Jocelyn Bioh and directed by Whitney White, will feature Brittany Adebumola (Miriam), Maechi Aharanwa (Ndidi), Rachel Christopher (Jennifer), ...

The show curtain has a picture guide for the uninitiated: box braids, corn rows, micro braids, Ghana braids, tree braids. Even, if you’re lucky and the stylist is in the right mood, kinky twists. All ...

Andrea Asuaje is a senior radio producer with “Under the Radar with Callie Crossley.” Prior to her work at GBH, she was a senior producer and show runner at Rococo Punch; and a reporter, producer and ...

BAY SHORE, New York -- Long Island's K&D African Hair Braiding salon has been the go-to spot in Bay Shore for 25 years, offering more than 70 African hair braiding styles for customers to choose from.

The Harlem hair salon at the center of “Jaja’s African Hair Braiding,” Jocelyn Bioh’s exuberant workplace comedy, is bursting with gossip, petty fights, audacious fashion, dazzling hair styles, ...

AUSTIN (AP) — Texas won't appeal a federal judge's ruling last week that state laws regulating businesses teaching African hair braiding were unconstitutional. In a statement Monday, Department of ...