When it comes to hairstyles that effortlessly combine style, versatility, and cultural significance, braids have always been a go-to choice for Nigerian women. From everyday wear to special occasions, ...

The acclaimed touring production of Jocelyn Bioh's 'Jaja's African Hair Braiding,' set in a Harlem hair salon, reveals the precarious lives of immigrant workers in an exuberant workplace comedy that's ...

The actors who play the sisterhood of stylists in 'Jaja's African Hair Braiding' sit down for a candid beauty-shop ...

The show curtain has a picture guide for the uninitiated: box braids, corn rows, micro braids, Ghana braids, tree braids. Even, if you’re lucky and the stylist is in the right mood, kinky twists. All ...

Every few decades the theater needs its “Steel Magnolias.” Before Robert Haring’s beauty-shop dramedy opened in 1987, there was Clare Booth Luce’s 1936 comedy, “The Women,” which also made a beauty ...

Halo Braid, winner of the 2025 President’s Innovation Challenge Award at the Harvard Innovation Lab, has devised a ...

A young Nigerian woman has gone viral all over the world after she claimed that her job offer was withdrawn by a company just because her hair is braided. Lara Odoffin In a Facebook post which has now ...