“Jaja’s African Hair Braiding” recently competed for Best Play at the Tony Awards in June. Victoire Charles (Jaja) and Jordan Rice (Marie) appear in "Jaja's African Hair Braiding" at Arena Stage.

Deity Brinson, as Marie, embraces Myneesha King, as Jaja, in Three Bone Theatre's production of "Jaja's African Hair Braiding." The production runs through Nov. 24 at The Arts Factory at West End ...

If you check Instagram, you will see a lot of hair vendors brandishing beautiful black women shaking their ‘virgin’ hair wigs. But where does it all come from? BBC went on a search to uncover where ...

Following a successful creative conversation event featuring Jaja’s African Hair Braiding’s Tony Award-nominated playwright Jocelyn Bioh and Tony Award-nominated director Whitney White at the Museum ...

Jaja’s African Hair Braiding opened on Broadway in 2023 with a run that extended twice. Ghanaian American playwright and actor Jocelyn Bioh’s comedy earned six Tony nominations, nabbing two awards for ...

African-American men and women spend billions of dollars on their hair, but U.S. beauty care companies are missing out. Mintel values the black hair care industry at more than $2.5 billion, but that ...

When the British Empire loosened its grip on Africa, it left behind more than borders and bureaucracies. It also left behind wigs – long, white, horsehair locks once worn by King George III and ...