That’s the setting of the 90-minute Tony Award-winning play “Jaja’s African Hair Braiding” — named for the fictional Harlem ...

A bill like this also meets a huge need economically. I have taught so many African-American women who were able to take this ...

At SpeakEasy Stage, playwright Jocelyn Bioh shares the hilarious and complicated lives of the women who work in the salon, ...

In the case of Jocelyn Bioh’s “ Jaja’s African Hair Braiding ,” which takes place in a Harlem salon on a scorching summer day ...

And when it comes to the humble Harlem hair salon in Jaja’s African Hair Braiding, now in its New England premiere at ...

A handful of states still make traditional braiders get unnecessary schooling before they are allowed to work, but those ...

Tempest Golden, assistant campus director at Tricoci University of Beauty Culture, joined 13News to share about the history of African hair braiding. "Hair braiding was actually used as road maps," ...

Latine Hair Braiding Grounds Us in Nature Melendez says that nature ... With a hunger for tradition, she longed to learn more about the West African and Taino cultures that influenced her Puerto Rican ...

“Jaja’s African Hair Braiding,” gets its New England premiere with Speakeasy Stage Company May 2-31 at the Boston Center for ...

A Georgia state representative wants to pick up where the FDA left off regarding harmful hair products sold to consumers.

The report about cancer-causing chemicals found in synthetic braiding hair is sending shockwaves through the beauty industry.