Jaja’s African Hair Braiding will be presented by The Contemporary Theatre of Ohio as part of its current season. The ...
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, ...
Alma’s Way Season 3, features episodes on Black cowboy history, hair identity, and Bronx life from creator Sonia Manzano.
CONNECTION BETWEEN HAIR AND HERITAGE. THIS IS SOMETIMES YOU MAY NOT UNDERSTAND THE BEAUTY OF WHAT YOU’RE SEEING. I HOPE YOU COULD LEAVE SPACE FOR US TO EXPRESS EXACTLY WHO WE ARE. FOR SOME, SUNDAY IS ...
Izina is based in Burundi, and supports local artisans in its operations. Izina Hair is a Black-owned brand forming its own unifying movement through its locs extensions. Paying homage to the roots of ...
The Afro is one of the most iconic hairstyles of the last century. And one of its main ingredients was a hair product – Afro ...
If ever a play seemed tailor-made — tailor-braided? — for the Mark Taper Forum stage, at least in the 2020s, it’s “Jaja’s African Hair Braiding.” The most intimate of the three Music Center theaters ...
This description explores the Wodaabe tribe's unique use of butter in hair styling, which results in beautiful and healthy-looking hair, as part of a series focusing on African hair and its influence ...
Hairstylists Njeri Radway and Yene Damtew were recently featured in former First Lady Michelle Obama’s new book, The Look.
Set in the pulsating heart of Harlem, Jaja’s African Hair Braiding unravels the complexities of cultural identity, assimilation, and the pursuit of the American dream within the African immigrant ...
Before the oppressive summer heat descends on Atlanta, therapist Brittanee Sims usually gets her thick, curly hair braided at a salon to preserve her healthy mane. But it’s more expensive this year.