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

High tariffs on imported goods are making it harder for Black women to afford hair care products. Prices are rising, affecting stylists and clients.

During a new production of the Tony Award-winning play, "Jaja's African Hair Braiding," a group of West African immigrants are creating community with mini masterpieces in Boston. The play takes ...

Ghanaian American playwright Jocelyn Bioh’s “Jaja’s African Hair Braiding” is the product of “30-plus years of stories that I have lived in my brain.” Here’s the story behind the ...

That’s the setting of the 90-minute Tony Award-winning play “Jaja’s African Hair Braiding” — named for the fictional Harlem salon owned by West African immigrant Jaja. The play is now up at SpeakEasy ...

The cast of SpeakEasy Stage's production of "Jaja's African Hair Braiding." (Courtesy Nile Scott Studios) When the metal grill-like curtain parted in the Roberts Studio Theatre, we not only ...

In the case of Jocelyn Bioh’s “Jaja’s African Hair Braiding,” which takes place in a Harlem salon on a scorching summer day in 2019, most of the characters are immigrants — meaning that ...

Traditional African braiding doesn’t use chemicals, just hands on methods that many women learn as children from their mothers and grandmothers. As many African American women became more ...

Braiding is more than a hairstyle. For generations, African American hair braiding styles have held deep cultural significance, telling stories of survival, status and self-expression. What may ...