These hairstyles are beautiful, versatile, and have remained fashionable for decades. They reduce hair breakage and are a ...

"Jaja's African Hair Braiding" is the comedic Broadway play closing out Ensemble Theatre's 2025 season. Why it's a must-see.

But African American hair braiding styles stood — and still stand — as a direct challenge to those outdated norms. In the 1960s and 1970s, the Black is Beautiful movement sparked a renaissance ...

“Jocelyn, she knows how to write a play — just a beautiful, tight, thoughtful ... MarHadoo Effeh, left, and Hampton Richards, right, on stage during "Jaja's African Hair Braiding." One of those actors ...

Many were using methods like hair relaxers and straighteners to feel beautiful ... news is disheartening — especially as a Black woman who wears braids. And though it's not entirely shocking ...

Could what happens next be a “Jaja’s African Hair Braiding” streaming or television series? Bioh, who has written for the miniseries “Tiny Beautiful Things” and the TV comedy “She’s ...

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," ...

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Donation Options Search Search Search Miriam (Bisserat Tseggai, left) devotes hours to styling a client named Jennifer (Mia Ellis) in “JaJa’s African Hair Braiding,” now at Chicago ...

But “Jaja’s African Hair Braiding,” the 90-minute Broadway play by the Ghanaian-American writer Jocelyn Bioh, has one big advantage over the others in the genre. Box braids, to cite just one ...

That evening, I had the pleasure of joining the audience at "Jaja's African Hair Braiding," the vibrant comedic play with a big message closing out Ensemble Theatre's 2024-25 season after ...