Indeed, her entire body had the stretched-out sinewiness of an African stick figure brought ... owns a line called EM Cosmetics. Her makeup tutorials and personal videos on YouTube have garnered ...

Bantu knots are a protective hairstyle that has been worn by African women for many years ... knot veteran and are looking to switch up the look a little, why not start by braiding your tresses before ...

La Jolla Playhouse has released a clip from its production of Jaja’s African Hair Braiding, by Jocelyn Bioh, directed by ...

Ghanaian American playwright Jocelyn Bioh’s “Jaja’s African Hair Braiding” is the product of “30-plus years of stories that I have lived in my brain.” Here’s the story behind the ...

That’s the setting of the 90-minute Tony Award-winning play “Jaja’s African Hair Braiding” — named for the fictional Harlem salon owned by West African immigrant Jaja. The play is now up at SpeakEasy ...

During a new production of the Tony Award-winning play, "Jaja's African Hair Braiding," a group of West African immigrants are creating community with mini masterpieces in Boston. The play takes ...

Now on stage at La Jolla Playhouse is the play "Jaja's African Hair Braiding" by New York-based playwright Jocelyn Bioh. The play opened on Broadway in 2023, and was nominated for six Tony Awards ...

JAJA'S is 'Phenomenal'. Direct from Broadway, this dazzling production welcomes you into Jaja’s bustling shop in Harlem, ...

In the case of Jocelyn Bioh’s “Jaja’s African Hair Braiding,” which takes place in a Harlem salon on a scorching summer day in 2019, most of the characters are immigrants — meaning that ...

Traditional African braiding doesn’t use chemicals, just hands on methods that many women learn as children from their mothers and grandmothers. As many African American women became more ...