Hair braiding can result in simple or more complicated styles while using different types of hair. In the beginning, this was a skill that was passed down within families but it’s now become an ...

Set in modern times, the Tony award winning Jaja’s African Hair Braiding, features a delightful and eclectic mix of African ...

(AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough) A braider at Eve’s African Braiding in College Park, Ga., picks up pieces of synthetic braiding hair to feed into client Sadajah Herring’s hair to create knotless ...

Black women are starting to pay more for their hair care because of the Trump administration’s tariffs on goods imported from ...

Black women are starting to pay more for their hair care because of the Trump administration’s tariffs on goods imported from China.

A braider at Eve's African Braiding in College Park, Ga., picks up pieces of synthetic braiding hair to feed into client Sadajah Herring's hair to create knotless braids, Tuesday, May 6 ...

Much of the synthetic braiding hair, human hair for extensions, wigs and weaves, styling tools, braiding gel and other products is imported from or has packaging from China, which was subject to a ...

Hawa Keita and her mother usually charge customers between $160 and $250 for braiding at their shop, Eve’s African Hair Braiding in College Park southwest of Atlanta. Keita is determined to take ...

Courtesy of Jamaal Simmons. A hair salon can be a place of hot topics, personal drama, and a clamor of opinions. However, for West African immigrant women in Harlem, an African braiding shop holds the ...

where a lively and eclectic group of West African hair braiders create masterpieces on the heads of neighborhood women. During one sweltering summer day, love will blossom, dreams will flourish ...

And for us in the audience, it feels like we have moved in too. From the very first moment, Jaja’s African Hair Braiding, which opened at the La Jolla Playhouse last week, opens a door to a front row ...