For Julee Wilson, Cosmopolitan’s beauty editor-at-large, that’s good news. “I love to see it,” she says “Braids and locs on men going ‘mainstream’ is a demonstration of cultural reclamation, pride and ...

Her play “Jaja’s African Hair Braiding” debuted a few miles away from Harlem, at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre, on Oct. 3. She described it as a love letter to the West African immigrant ...

Most recently, he has focused his lens on the cultural roots of African hair braiding and threading. After reading a publication referring to hair braiding as a “coronavirus hairstyle,” Idun ...

Jaja's African Hair Braiding Broadway in 2023 - This dazzling world premiere from Jocelyn Bioh welcomes you into Jaja’s bustling hair braiding salon in Harlem where every day, a lively and ...

Traditional African braiding -- the art of weaving hair into tight snakelike rows, often with extensions or beads -- has become a. common battle ground in the war over occupational licensing.

But African American hair braiding styles stood — and still stand — as a direct challenge to those outdated norms. In the 1960s and 1970s, the Black is Beautiful movement sparked a renaissance ...

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 underappreciated artisans who ...

Now comes Jocelyn Bioh’s one-act 90-minute play, “Jaja’s African Hair Braiding,” which had its world premiere Tuesday at MTC’s Samuel J. Friedman Theatre.

“JaJa’s African Hair Braiding,” which is a most fun 90 minutes, has the benefit of hair braiding being a long and complex process, requiring great manual dexterity on the part of the stylist.

INDIANAPOLIS — When the Indiana General Assembly started regulating hair-braiding salons in 1997, Nicole Barnes-Thomas lost her job, her apartment and, quickly, her life unraveled. Once self ...

It is promising when a theater set gets its own round of applause, and David Zinn’s vibrant and ingenious imagining for Jaja’s African Hair Braiding (Samuel J. Friedman Theatre, booking to Nov ...

Maechi Aharanwa And Her ‘Jaja’s African Hair Braiding’ Character Have A Hustler’s Spirit. Written by Keyaira Boone Published on November 14, 2023 Share. Share the post ...