She is exploring the mystique of Afro hair in a special six-part series for Stylist.co.uk, with her second edition unraveling the culture behind African hair braiding that weaves together a ...

you will notice your hair, at some point, changes colour. In most cases, African hair is supposed to be black and thick, but after some time you will start noticing the strands are looking brown ...

This dazzling world premiere welcomes you into Jaja’s bustling hair braiding salon in Harlem where every day, a lively and eclectic group of West African immigrant hair braiders are creating ...

The hit play, which originated in New York, offers an intimate look at the lives of hair braiders and their clients, ...

But “Jaja’s African Hair Braiding,” the 90-minute Broadway ... the daughter of immigrants from Ghana, and I’m sure many of these characters at least have roots in folks she has known ...

Some of the many wigs used in “Jaja’s African Hair Braiding” wait backstage at Chicago Shakespeare Theater. Chicago native Melanie Brezill (“As You Like It”), a Whitney M. Young High ...

Jaja’s African Hair Braiding opened on Broadway in 2023 with ... Chicago native Melanie Brezill, a Whitney M. Young High School alumna, plays multiple customers and gets her “hair” styled ...

T Charles Erickson Share For about 75 minutes of its 90-minute running time, “Jaja’s African Hair Braiding” comes across as a vivaciously amusing workplace comedy and a tribute to ...

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 ...